A compact, ledgy left-hand reef off Fort Ross that delivers hollow, punchy walls over a shallow, barnacle-scarred reef-notoriously unforgiving but world-class on the right southwest groundswells. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for The Fort in California.
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The shallow, rocky reef produces very fast, critical takeoffs and can shred wetsuits - expect serious cut and impact hazard and occasional strong rips.
Locals treat it as an advanced-only break.
When it works it prefers longer-period southwest groundswells and cleans up in northeast offshore flow, with the peak window around mid-to-high tide when the reef holds a better lip line.
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