Fort Fisher surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 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
25.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (15 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
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 (?)
1.1
E
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)172197523190180147927337382525252524252323232323233029
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
1.62
3:19AM
1.41
4:05PM
1.62
4:18AM
1.44
5:02PM
1.62
5:16AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.14
9:13PM
0.26
9:13AM
0.14
10:11PM
0.22
10:14AM
0.12
11:04PM
0.17
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset--7:17-------7:16-------7:15-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232526232019171718201917161717171922242422212020
Feels °C (?)212223191616141314161514141515151821232523222020
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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 (light winds from the N at Southport Airport 13 km from Fort Fisher). A 1.6m swell from the ENE

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1 h 15 min ago

11 km/h
N
Cross-Off
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