Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 08 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
17.1° C
(Which is 4.4°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 8PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)899999991010107799101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)676742809809661553392392602563630306298445577518546327332302260255212225
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
1.17
12:54AM
1.34
1:34PM
1.17
1:50AM
1.32
2:27PM
1.20
2:48AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.19
7:06AM
0.28
6:30PM
0.22
8:03AM
0.28
7:39PM
0.24
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:47-------6:46
Sunset--7:37-------7:37-------7:38-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111212111288813151615151413131518181818171716
Feels °C (?)234361117911101010991215151718171714
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