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Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 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
12.6° C
 (Which is 8.5°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 2AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.1
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)71212124411114444475556666766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23343322486109911115714151516172121
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
1.31
12:08PM
1.28
12:39AM
1.32
12:55PM
1.23
1:29AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
-0.09
5:30AM
-0.01
5:56PM
-0.04
6:25AM
0.05
6:43PM
-0.00
7:22AM
0.09
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset5:19-------5:20-------5:21-------
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C151617181920202120202020212121212120212019181717
Feels °C (?)131517181919192020202021212019181918191816151313
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