Fort Fisher Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.90° N 77.95° W)

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Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 24 Oct 2025 EDT

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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 21.4° C
(Which is 3.1°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 7AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

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

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		Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	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	5 PM	8 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	SE	E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	8	8	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	22	22	21	29	28	27	27	26	35	25	25	25	25	25	34	24	34	25	37	38	33	33	32	43
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:33PM 1.40				9:55AM 1.58				10:07PM 1.34				10:21AM 1.54				10:36PM 1.30				10:36AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			3:14AM 0.21				4:05PM 0.27				3:41AM 0.23				4:43PM 0.32				4:10AM 0.23					5:20PM 0.37

		Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	16	16	20	20	19	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18
Feels °C (?)	17	16	16	12	13	16	16	14	12	11	12	11	10	11	11	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Fort Fisher (light winds from the SW at Southport Airport 13 km from Fort Fisher). 0.3m 9s swell from the SE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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