Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
17.0° C
(Which is 4.5°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: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)9889101010101010101010911111110111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)450381371373589696314279284235231188188147247238187180269227323262252244
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
S
0
SSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SSE
15
S
10
SE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
1.32
2:27PM
1.20
2:48AM
1.32
3:21PM
1.24
3:45AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
0.22
8:03AM
0.28
7:39PM
0.24
9:00AM
0.25
8:57PM
0.22
9:54AM
0.19
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:47-------6:46-------6:45--
Sunset7:37-------7:38-------7:38-------
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171615141313151819181817171719212120191819191919
Feels °C (?)121110111010121516161716151417181717171718181717
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