Fortress Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
19.9° C
0.7° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 2AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
E
8
0.9
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.5
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
6
0.6
E
5
0.4
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.3
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
39
31
32
12
20
20
21
21
33
31
42
44
44
33
32
22
21
15
14
25
23
23
15
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
NE
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
ENE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
High Tide
3:26PM0.90m
3:54AM0.66m
4:36PM0.95m
5:10AM0.69m
5:48PM1.00m
6:24AM0.74m
Low Tide
10:19PM0.12m
9:51AM0.05m
11:26PM0.06m
10:55AM0.02m
00:24AM-0.00m
11:57AM-0.03m
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:24
5:24
5:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:21
8:21
8:20
 mm
2
1
2
Temp °C
23
22
22
22
23
23
24
27
28
28
26
22
21
20
21
23
23
21
20
20
21
19
20
22
Feels °C
21
20
22
23
25
25
25
26
26
28
27
23
21
17
17
20
20
18
19
18
18
16
18
19
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