Fortress surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 EST
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Fortress surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fortress sea temperature is
1.5° C
(Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fortress today?

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1099888887777766699877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1901751531131057896114733149362221201913121111111088
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SW
10
W
5
W
15
NNW
20
N
15
E
35
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
25
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.66
5:18AM
0.84
5:46PM
0.73
6:10AM
0.86
6:34PM
0.81
6:55AM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
-0.01
11:29AM
-0.08
11:23PM
-0.05
12:12PM
-0.11
12:14AM
-0.09
12:50PM
-0.14
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:22-------6:20--
Sunset5:36-------5:37-------5:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12334456778621-1-10-1-5-8-10-11-10-8
Feels °C (?)-4-3-2-3-1-2-113451-5-5-10-7-9-12-15-19-19-19-17-14
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