Surf Forecasts:
Fort Fisher surf forecast from 21 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 24 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period, SE swell with 35 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fort Fisher this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Fort Fisher in the next 16 days are 0.4m 12s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 24) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 6s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 22) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Mon 24th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fort Fisher over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, let's have a proper look at the surf, and I’m gonna tell you straight up: it’s a tough stretch. We've got a whole lot of nothing-burger on the menu for the next ten days or so. The swell is just pitiful. There are some mornings with clean, offshore breezes, which is nice, but it’s all on top of practically flat waves. You’d need a microscope to find a rideable wave. It’s a long, boring gap.
The first actual shot of something rideable shows up around the 2nd of September. The morning of the 2nd, the swell bumps up to a knee-high 0.5m (2ft) from the SE, with a period of 12 seconds. There's finally a little bit of energy, with a combined swell energy of 104 (moderate), and you've got a gentle offshore wind making it look glassy. It’s the best of a bad bunch. It’s still small and the break, Fort Fisher, is an inconsistent beach and reef setup. It’s not a classic, but for the desperate, it could be a longboard session. The swell direction is SE, not quite its NE optimum, but it's something.
Later on the 2nd, it picks up slightly to 0.7m (2ft) in the afternoon, and the energy goes up a bit to 119 (moderate). But the wind goes cross-off and it gets a little lumpy. Not great, not terrible. The morning of the 3rd has another pulse, 0.6m (2ft) from the ESE, but it’s just as inconsistent and the energy fades. Again, surfable but only just.
For everyone else, there's no point wetting a suit for anything over the next week and a half. The water temp is about average for the season, so that's not even a talking point. It’s just one of those long, drawn-out flat spells. These long-range forecasts can be wrong, so I'm holding out a little hope, but as it stands, you’d be better off finding something else to do.
The only thing that might get remotely interesting is the wind picking up to 30 km/h on the afternoon of the 1st, but with waves that small and onshore, it’s a full-on kitesurfing zone, not for us.
So, it's a waiting game. Keep the quiver dry, and hopefully, the ocean gets its act together soon. This one’s a test of patience.
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu night, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
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 kJ | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:38AM1.32m | 3:19PM1.52m | 3:29AM1.31m | 4:11PM1.53m | 4:21AM1.32m | 5:03PM1.54m | 5:14AM1.34m | 5:53PM1.56m | 6:04AM1.36m | 6:40PM1.57m | 6:51AM1.39m | 7:21PM1.58m | |||||||
Low Tide | 8:26PM0.34m | 8:14AM0.23m | 9:20PM0.34m | 9:08AM0.22m | 10:13PM0.32m | 10:01AM0.21m | 11:02PM0.29m | 10:53AM0.18m | 11:49PM0.25m | 11:44AM0.16m | 00:34AM0.21m | 12:33PM0.14m | 1:17AM0.16m | ||||||
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 | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — |
 | 7:52 | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — |
mm | — | 2 | — | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
Feels °C | 33 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 10 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | SSW 3 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SE 9 | SE 11 | E 7 | SE 10 | SE 9 | E 16 | E 15 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 6 | E 6 | SE 10 | E 7 | ESE 13 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 11 | E 7 | — | E 7 | E 16 | E 7 | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 3 | — | SSW 3 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | S 5 | — | S 5 | SW 5 | — | SSW 5 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | 3 | — | 3 | 17 | 31 | 39 | 64 | 73 | 56 | — | — | — | 13 | — | 16 | 43 | — | 22 | 11 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 505 | 659 | 2329 | 130 | 70 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 505 | 70 | 124 | 659 | 16 | 341 | 551 | 73 | 559 | 292 | 73 |
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