Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
24.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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 (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)888888888999999999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201919191919202012132121191919191920203029283535
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
W
10
N
10
NE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
1.62
5:16AM
1.48
5:55PM
1.63
6:10AM
1.54
6:43PM
1.64
7:01AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.12
11:04PM
0.17
11:11AM
0.10
11:55PM
0.13
12:04PM
0.09
12:42AM
0.10
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58
Sunset--7:15-------7:14-------7:13-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212424242423212023242424252524242626262525242323
Feels °C (?)202222232525212024252425262726262726262627262524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Fort Fisher (moderate winds from the SSW at Southport Airport 13 km from Fort Fisher). 0.5m 8s swell from the E to make surfable waves.

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SSW
Cross-Off
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