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Fortress surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 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
1.6° C
 (Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fortress today?

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 6PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (04 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (04 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
S
0.1
E
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1010109101213141413137133448887771010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)888346616877435545111044444
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
25
N
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.82
9:46PM
0.87
9:53AM
0.75
10:25PM
0.83
10:25AM
0.67
11:03PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
-0.14
3:26AM
-0.08
3:36PM
-0.10
4:08AM
-0.02
4:07PM
-0.05
4:51AM
0.05
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset--5:07-------5:08-------5:09-----
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-2-3-2-2-4-5-6-6-6-4-3-3-4-5-7-7-6-5-4-4-3-3-3-3
Feels °C (?)-10-11-10-9-12-11-13-14-14-12-10-10-12-13-14-15-11-9-8-9-8-8-7-6
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