Fort Fisher Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.90° N 77.95° W

Fort Fisher 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Fisher sea temperature is
28.5° C
0.4° 

Fort Fisher surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fort Fisher today (02 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Fisher at 12AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (02 Aug)--
Evening (02 Aug)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 75mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 25°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Tue afternoon).

Sat
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
6
1.6
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.8
SSE
8
1.9
S
8
2.1
S
8
2
S
8
1.7
S
8
1.8
S
7
1.7
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
6
1.4
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
40
35
44
41
70
119
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:41PM1.50m
10:05AM1.40m
10:16PM1.48m
10:48AM1.44m
Low Tide
3:47PM0.11m
4:17AM0.03m
4:30PM0.14m
4:52AM0.01m
5:19PM0.19m
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6:22
6:24
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8:12
8:10
8:10
 mm
2
1
3
2
3
2
1
2
5
7
6
5
7
7
1
4
Temp °C
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
27
27
27
26
25
26
25
25
25
26
26
Feels °C
28
28
29
29
28
27
28
28
25
26
26
25
25
26
24
25
24
25
26
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