Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Issued: 6 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is

15.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fortress today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 10AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 80mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.
	Thursday 5							Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	SE 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	SSE 7	S 6	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SW 6	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	16	18	28	34	45	49	64	85	75	64	149	184	170	195	152	79	71	79	81	95	96	110	131	120	156	104
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	W	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:33AM0.90m				4:59PM0.77m				5:21AM0.94m				5:45PM0.77m				6:04AM0.97m				6:26PM0.76m				6:45AM0.97m
Low Tide				10:38AM0.05m				10:44PM0.05m				11:24AM0.02m				11:20PM0.04m				12:05PM0.01m				11:52PM0.03m


	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—
	—	—	—	—	4:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:37	—	—	—	—	4:36
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	12	20	10	4	8	3	9	4	1	—	—	1	1	1	2	—
Temp °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Feels °C	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	14	16	14	13	6	5	6	8	9	10	2	3
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	9	13	28	27	43	32	30	36	18	43	2	2	2	170	152	79	62	47	81	95	96	110	131	120	120	104
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	SE 9	E 11	—	—	E 10	E 10	SE 7	SE 7	SE 8	SE 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	ENE 4	NE 4	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6
kJ	7	6	6	—	5	6	6	1	23	2	—	—	2	2	77	47	71	79	26	28	20	12	9	21	49	48
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	—	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	—	E 10	—	—	E 9	SE 10	E 9	E 8	E 8	SSW 6	SSW 6	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4
kJ	5	—	—	3	3	3	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	2	27	2	6	1	12	13	4	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	SSW 7	SW 6	SW 6	NW 3
kJ	16	18	25	34	45	49	64	85	75	64	149	184	170	195	149	—	—	—	4	19	21	22	38	99	156	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	187	191	1475	2359	1793	2359	2359	232	191	182	167	198	38	38	38	0	2	54	107	107	65	20	0	0	38	32
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Rating (10 max)											2		1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	2	4	2	2	2	5	5	2	2	3	4	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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