Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 12 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
17.4° C
(Which is 4.1°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 3AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
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
Period(s) (?)1099999999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14514714413811610810690999956101648475666666656546464646
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
1.30
4:41AM
1.35
5:10PM
1.38
5:34AM
1.38
6:01PM
1.47
6:24AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
0.17
10:45AM
0.12
11:08PM
0.11
11:34AM
0.04
12:05AM
0.04
12:22PM
-0.03
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:41-------6:41--
Sunset7:39-------7:40-------7:42-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020202020212121202020201921222221202020192122
Feels °C (?)201918191920202020191919201920202020191920181920
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