Fortress Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
19.0° C
1.9° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 12AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)--
Afternoon (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Tue night, calm by Wed afternoon).

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 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
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.8
S
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
1.8
SW
6
1.5
SSW
7
1.3
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
18
29
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
269
211
154
116
71
67
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
20
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:53PM1.05m
7:27AM0.80m
7:51PM1.09m
8:24AM0.86m
8:45PM1.09m
9:16AM0.91m
Low Tide
1:18AM-0.06m
12:56PM-0.06m
2:08AM-0.10m
1:52PM-0.09m
2:55AM-0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:26
5:26
5:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:20
8:19
8:17
 mm
Temp °C
23
22
21
22
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
23
23
24
24
26
26
28
32
Feels °C
21
20
19
20
20
21
20
18
17
17
18
16
17
18
19
18
17
16
19
20
25
25
28
30
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