Fort Fisher Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's on the cards.

Honestly, for the next two weeks, it's a pretty flat and unexciting run at Fort Fisher. The setup is a beach and reef break that's inconsistent and frankly, it doesn't look like it's going to fire at all during this spell. You're looking at a long stretch of small, weak swell with the combined energy barely getting into double figures most days – we’re talking about a weak 24 at best early on. The water temperature is sitting around 83.1°, which is pretty average for the time of year.

Starting on Wednesday morning the 8th, we have a tiny 1.3ft swell from the SE with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is a cross-offshore, but there's just no power in it. That trend of small, weak surf just carries on. Thursday the 9th sees a similar 1.3ft SE swell with an offshore wind in the morning, which is a positive for cleanliness, but the waves are still tiny. Friday and Saturday the 10th and 11th drop even further to 1.0ft, with Saturday morning offering a gentle offshore breeze but the swell is just too small.

We then trundle through the rest of the first week and into the second with nothing but 1.0ft to 1.6ft surf from the SE or ESE. The wind fluctuates between cross-off and cross-on, but even when it's clean, like Sunday morning the 12th with a light offshore, the swell height is a measly 1.3ft. By the middle of the second week, around Wednesday the 22nd, the swell does push up to 1.6ft from the SE, but the wind is a fresh to strong cross-offshore breeze, and it's still just not enough to make for a decent wave. The period stays short, between 7 and 10 seconds, so there's no real punch.

There just isn't a standout period here. The surf is consistently tiny and weak. You'd be better off with a flat-water paddle or a kiteboard if the wind picks up, because for a surfboard, there's nothing doing. The whole 16-day window looks like a write-off for a surf.

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