Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
12.8° C
(Which is 8.3°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 11PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
NE
0.1
E
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)13131313131212312344444445555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1433333334777537132131323333446478
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
1.31
11:21AM
1.33
11:50PM
1.31
12:08PM
1.28
12:39AM
1.32
12:55PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
-0.14
4:39AM
-0.10
5:10PM
-0.09
5:30AM
-0.01
5:56PM
-0.04
6:25AM
0.05
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset5:17-------5:19-------5:20-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------11---
Temp. °C191919181615141515161718202020212120212020212121
Feels °C (?)181818171412111212141616191918202020222019202018
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