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8:37 pm 17 Dec 2011

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8:40 pm 17 Dec 2011


Fort Fisher ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 2.0

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Fort Fisher Surf Forecast / United-States – Carolina North / USA

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 19 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Fort Fisher surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.3
SE
0.6
NNE
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ESE
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ENE
0.3
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NE
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SE
0.3
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Period (s) (?) 9 3 10 10 10 10 10 9 4 5 3 4 4 4 9 9 10 10
Surfscale
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Max-energy 14 7 9 9 10 20 18 9 7 8 5 11 6 3 8 8 16 15
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW 25
NE 10
ENE 15
E 20
E 20
SE 15
ESE 10
NNE 0
ENE 20
N 20
NNE 5
NE 10
SSE 0
ENE 20
SSE 15
SSW 5
SSW 15
SSE
Wind State (?) cross-
off
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on cross-
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glass cross cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Fort Fisher blow from the W
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
1.72
8:51AM
1.38

9:27PM
1.70
9:48AM
1.37

10:22PM
1.64
10:47AM
1.36

11:16PM
1.58
11:45AM
1.35

12:09AM
1.51
12:41PM
1.35




Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
-0.11

2:58PM
-0.12
3:45AM
-0.12

3:50PM
-0.09
4:34AM
-0.12

4:42PM
-0.04

5:23AM
-0.10
5:34PM
0.01

6:12AM
-0.08
6:28PM
0.07



 

Note: the tide data above is for Bald Head, Cape Fear River, North Carolina which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Fort Fisher. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Fort Fisher sea temperature is 24.9 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 25.9 max: 27.2 min: 23.7 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun night, light winds from the ENE by Tue afternoon). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
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Summary rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) 4 - - - - - 1 2 2 1 - - - - - - - -
High °C 24 22 24 24 22 23 24 23 24 23 21 25 25 24 25 24 24 24
Low °C 21 20 24 21 21 23 22 22 23 19 19 24 23 23 24 23 23 24
Chill °C (?) 24 22 24 24 22 23 24 23 24 23 21 25 25 24 25 24 24 24
Sunrise - 6:00 - - 6:00 - - 6:00 - - 6:00 - - 6:00 - - 6:00 -
Sunset - - 20:20 - - 20:20 - - 20:21 - - 20:21 - - 20:22 - - 20:22
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