Fort Fisher Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.90° N 77.95° W

Fort Fisher 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Fisher sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Fort Fisher today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Fisher at 10AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.3
SE
13
0.4
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.8
SE
11
0.8
SE
11
0.9
SE
11
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
36
35
35
35
27
38
71
150
142
166
154
120
100
98
94
88
81
65
65
64
53
50
35
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:27AM1.58m
10:50PM1.45m
11:25AM1.59m
11:54PM1.40m
12:39PM1.59m
Low Tide
4:27AM0.02m
5:13PM0.22m
5:09AM0.04m
6:11PM0.27m
5:59AM0.07m
7:16PM0.31m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:45
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:37
7:36
7:35
 mm
Temp °C
27
26
26
28
28
28
27
27
27
26
26
28
29
28
27
27
26
26
26
27
29
28
27
27
Feels °C
32
31
30
32
30
29
30
30
31
30
31
32
31
29
30
30
29
29
30
30
31
29
29
30
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