Fortress Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
21.2°C
0.9° 

Fortress surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fortress today (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 2PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (10 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu morning, light winds from the ESE by Sat morning).

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.3
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
1.1
SSW
7
1.1
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
316
222
158
128
105
110
77
55
39
38
27
25
18
33
33
23
14
13
13
14
14
15
15
Wind (km/h)
45
SW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
NW
10
N
15
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
NW
10
N
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:50AM0.98m
8:11PM0.98m
8:33AM1.02m
8:51PM0.95m
9:14AM1.04m
9:28PM0.91m
Low Tide
1:34PM-0.05m
2:00AM-0.05m
2:19PM-0.05m
2:34AM-0.05m
3:01PM-0.04m
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:06
7:04
7:01
 mm
1
Temp °C
23
22
23
27
27
25
25
22
21
20
22
23
25
23
22
21
19
19
20
21
22
23
23
Feels °C
18
18
21
25
24
24
24
20
18
16
18
20
21
21
20
19
17
17
19
20
20
21
21
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