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Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 EST
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Fort Fisher surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fort Fisher sea temperature is
12.7° C
 (Which is 8.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fort Fisher today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Fisher at 6PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Fort Fisher. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)9988888889999999989999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7777137666788887777773322
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
NW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
1.15
4:55AM
1.36
5:07PM
1.16
5:45AM
1.37
5:54PM
1.17
6:29AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.05
9:58PM
-0.02
10:54AM
0.03
10:47PM
-0.05
11:41AM
0.00
11:33PM
-0.09
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--5:23-------5:24-------5:25-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131310101010108355310-1-2157910111213
Feels °C (?)87533331-6-3-4-6-7-8-8-7-4-2023467
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