Fort Fisher Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, looking at our local stretch for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it's a quiet spell. We've got a solid run ahead where the waves are small and the energy is low. There are no real standouts, just a few mornings that might offer a tiny window if you're desperate for a paddle. Let's break it down.

We're starting on Friday the 3rd of July, and right off the bat, it's tiny. Swell is coming from the ESE at 2ft, but with a short, weak period of 7 seconds and cross-onshore wind, it's a messy, weak combo. The combined energy is only 76, so don't expect much. It's poor surf, plain and simple.

Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th don't get any better. We're looking at waves around 1ft to 2ft from the ESE and SE, with energy dropping into the teens and twenties. Saturday afternoon gets a cross-chop, too. No good.

Monday the 6th sees a pulse of S swell bumping up to 3ft, but the period is a dismal 5 seconds – that's pure wind chop. The wind is cross-off, which is clean, but there's just no power. Energy sits at 63. It's still firmly in the "poor surf conditions" category.

The rest of the first week and into the second is a flat spell. From Tuesday the 7th all the way through to Saturday the 18th of July, wave heights hover around 0.7ft to 2ft from the SE. The energy is almost always below 30. The only highlight is a few mornings with offshore or glassy conditions, like Thursday the 9th morning with clean offshore wind, and Monday the 13th morning where it goes dead glassy. But even then, the swell is so small and weak it's hardly worth suiting up.

Let's talk about the water. At Fort Fisher, it's 82°F, which is about average for this time of year.

So what are we left with? Honestly, nothing that gets me excited. The only times it's even marginally worth looking are those clean, offshore mornings like Thursday the 9th and Monday the 13th, but the waves are tiny. If you're a beginner looking to just bob around in a whitewash on a foamie, maybe you'll find something. Otherwise, for the rest of us, the kites and the SUPs are going to have more fun than the surfers on this stretch. It's a long, flat run.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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