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Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 3.6°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 3AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (15 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 7s |
| Evening (15 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Fort Fisher. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | Sun 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | |
54 | 59 | 61 | 66 | 45 | 49 | 34 | 43 | 44 | 37 | 45 | 36 | 37 | 58 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 42 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | |
High Tide | 6:18PM1.64m | 6:39AM1.36m | 7:11PM1.70m | 7:33AM1.35m | 8:03PM1.73m | 8:27AM1.34m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:41AM0.02m | 12:38PM-0.09m | 1:38AM-0.04m | 1:31PM-0.12m | 2:33AM-0.08m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | |
— | 8:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | |
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Temp °C | 25 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 4 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
54 | 59 | 61 | 66 | 45 | 49 | 34 | 43 | 44 | 37 | 45 | 36 | 37 | 58 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 32 | 31 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 8 |
7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 15 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | — | E 13 | E 13 | — | — | — | E 9 | E 9 | E 6 | — | — | — | E 11 | — | — | — | E 9 | — | — |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | NNW 2 | N 3 | NNE 4 | N 4 | N 3 | NNW 4 | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | SSE 4 | — | SSE 4 | S 4 |
2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | — | 11 | 9 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 145 | 368 | 368 | 367 | 16 | 309 | 372 | 989 | 989 | 989 | 781 | 368 | 337 | 311 | 320 |
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