Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Issued: 12 pm 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) - 3ft (0.9m), 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 3PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm 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)	3ft (0.9m)	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 76mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri night, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night).
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 7
Wave Graph
kJ	28	34	44	49	64	72	77	98	115	146	196	196	127	76	68	71	81	112	101	94	94	101	88	90
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	NNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ESE	W	WSW	WNW	WNW
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-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide				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	2	2	11	26	23	2	3	1	2	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	9	10	11
Feels °C	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	15	16	15	10	11	11	11	5	1	1	2
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 7
kJ	28	27	43	32	29	33	22	37	37	2	2	2	32	76	62	48	48	112	101	94	94	101	88	90
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	—	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	SE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 8
kJ	6	—	5	6	1	1	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	57	68	71	81	28	20	1	5	5	5	60
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	—	E 11	E 11	E 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 9	SE 10	E 9	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	3	3	3	—	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	27	2	6	6	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	SW 5	SW 6	WSW 7	W 4
kJ	25	34	44	49	64	72	77	98	115	146	196	196	127	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	60	96	170	36
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	1145	2411	2359	1793	2359	232	182	182	167	151	38	107	38	10	0	0	32	20	32	32	10	55	32	55
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Rating (10 max)									1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1		1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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