Fort Fisher Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get straight into it. I'm Rusty, and I'll tell you how it's looking for your local stretch.

Well, I gotta be honest with you, this is a tough one to write. For the next sixteen days, the surf is going to be pretty darn quiet. Looking at the whole picture, there's really not a single standout session that I'd get excited about. The waves are just too small, and when we do get a little bump of energy, the wind is usually messing things up. It's a long stretch of poor surf conditions.

Let's break it down day by day. Starting off on Sunday morning, the 6th of September, we're looking at tiny 0.7ft waves from the ESE with a short period of 8 seconds, and a cross-onshore wind is making it choppy. The combined swell energy is a weak 8. It's a write-off. That theme continues through the week. We get a bit of a spike on Tuesday the 8th with swell heights around 5ft to 6ft, and the combined energy climbs to a moderate 250 on the morning, but the wind is directly onshore from the East at 15 mph, so it's just a messy, blown-out mess. Not worth paddling out.

We do see a few windows of clean conditions later on. Thursday the 10th afternoon shows a cross-offshore wind and clean conditions, but the swell is only 2ft. The weekend of the 13th and 14th of September, we get some glassy mornings with light winds and even a calm, zero-wind moment on the 13th. But again, the swell is tiny, only 2ft to 2ft, and the combined energy is weak. It's surfable, but it's very ordinary. You'd be scratching for anything decent.

Looking further out into the second week, from the 15th onwards, it's more of the same. Small waves and messy wind. We get a little burst of longer period groundswell on the 19th and 20th of September with a 12-second period, but the swell height is only 0.7ft, and we're getting hammered by a strong cross-onshore wind at 28 mph from the NE. That's just ugly.

So, to put it plainly, there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. The consistent theme is tiny waves, onshore winds, and poor quality. Fort Fisher (beach and reef) is an inconsistent spot, and unfortunately, this blank run is just one of those times where it's not happening. It tends not to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change, but for now, you're better off doing something else. This setup is way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing with these onshore winds.

Rusty.

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