Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
16.6° C
(Which is 6.4°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 6PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
NE
1
NE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)55454499888877788881111456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19176833335666554333333134363
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
NW
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
1.60
7:31PM
1.34
7:57AM
1.56
8:07PM
1.30
8:29AM
1.52
8:39PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.11
1:12AM
0.10
2:04PM
0.14
1:46AM
0.11
2:42PM
0.17
2:18AM
0.11
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50
Sunset--5:05-------5:05-------5:05-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C141516161718192021222121212120202020212221181614
Feels °C (?)111215151618192121222120191918181717192120171411
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