Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 14 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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.4°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 7PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666666666647474646464646464545444342424444414039
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
1.47
6:24AM
1.40
6:49PM
1.55
7:11AM
1.41
7:34PM
1.63
7:57AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
0.04
12:05AM
0.04
12:22PM
-0.03
1:01AM
-0.03
1:10PM
-0.09
1:55AM
-0.08
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:39-------6:39
Sunset--7:42-------7:42-------7:43-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222212120201921222221212120202222222121212020
Feels °C (?)201920202019201819202020212019202119202020191919
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