Fortress Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
22.3° C
0.2° 

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 (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 4PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (11 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.5
SSW
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SSW
5
0.5
SSW
5
0.5
SSW
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
SSW
5
0.6
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
16
23
25
18
15
15
14
9
9
7
8
8
8
4
9
16
17
15
17
21
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
W
15
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
NNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:42PM1.05m
8:09AM0.92m
8:30PM1.05m
8:57AM0.98m
9:15PM1.02m
Low Tide
12:50PM-0.04m
1:49AM-0.08m
1:44PM-0.07m
2:30AM-0.10m
2:34PM-0.08m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:51
7:49
 mm
3
1
1
Temp °C
24
26
27
26
27
24
22
22
22
23
24
25
24
23
23
23
24
25
25
25
26
Feels °C
25
27
25
25
28
24
23
22
22
24
23
24
24
22
21
23
24
24
24
23
26
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