Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
9.3° C
(Which is 11.2°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 10AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (19 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)1413131313121212121212121211111110119113444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)585531302827262627262511102499911912592125
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
1.37
8:30PM
1.38
8:54AM
1.34
9:09PM
1.41
9:38AM
1.30
9:58PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
-0.19
2:34PM
-0.19
2:59AM
-0.17
3:12PM
-0.20
3:47AM
-0.12
3:52PM
-0.18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:52-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----5:59-------6:00-------6:00---
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------14
Temp. °C171717181816171817171819191921201917161515141415
Feels °C (?)161615151513151614141515161720191714121111101315
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