Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 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 5AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (20 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (20 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)12121212121212111111109884444444555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262626262511262412986639101218192418101175
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
W
10
NW
15
WSW
45
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
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-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
1.38
8:54AM
1.34
9:09PM
1.41
9:38AM
1.30
9:58PM
1.41
10:34AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59AM
-0.17
3:12PM
-0.20
3:47AM
-0.12
3:52PM
-0.18
4:41AM
-0.06
4:38PM
-0.14
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11----1131931--
Temp. °C17181717182020202120181615141515161615141411109
Feels °C (?)15161514141617182019181612101212141615131222-1
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