Picnic Island Beach

Tampa, United States

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

Poor

Flat (0 m) at 5 s, heading toward NE, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward WSW.

Swell

0 m

NE

5 s

Wind

7 km/h

WSW

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.4 m

Falling

Weather

32 °C

Clear

31 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0 m · 2 s

W

7 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

1 AM

Poor

0 m · 3 s

NW

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 25 °C

2 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NNW

8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 24 °C

3 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

N

7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 24 °C

4 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NNE

7 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 24 °C

5 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NE

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 24 °C

6 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NE

6 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 24 °C

7 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NNE

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 24 °C

8 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NNE

6 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Clear · 24 °C

9 AM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

NNE

10 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Clear · 26 °C

10 AM

Poor

0 m · 3 s

N

9 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 27 °C

11 AM

Poor

0 m · 3 s

NNW

9 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.6 m

Partly cloudy · 29 °C

12 PM

Poor

0 m · 3 s

N

9 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 30 °C

1 PM

Poor

0 m · 5 s

NNE

5 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 31 °C

2 PM

Poor

0 m · 5 s

NE

8 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 31 °C

3 PM

Poor

0 m · 5 s

NE

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.4 m

Clear · 32 °C

4 PM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

ENE

8 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.4 m

Mostly clear · 33 °C

5 PM

Poor

0 m · 4 s

E

14 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

0.3 m

Mostly clear · 31 °C

6 PM

Poor

0 m · 3 s

SE

2 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

0.3 m

Overcast · 30 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 2 s

SSE

21 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

0.3 m

Clear · 27 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 1 s

SSW

10 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 26 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 1 s

SSW

5 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 26 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 1 s

SSW

9 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Overcast · 26 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 1 s

SSW

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.6 m

Overcast · 25 °C

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