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Fortress surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 EST
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Fortress surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fortress sea temperature is
12.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fortress today?

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 12PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.2
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1277766667665565555556778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3415141377753622338301511111312244063
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNE
0
NW
0
WNW
5
SW
5
W
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
5
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.88
7:34PM
0.68
7:54AM
0.86
8:06PM
0.67
8:23AM
0.84
8:41PM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.04
12:59AM
0.06
1:55PM
0.04
1:36AM
0.07
2:31PM
0.05
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset----4:24-------4:23-------4:23---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------25561----
Temp. °C4444555668911111112111110999754
Feels °C (?)-1-1-10222323455689105332-1-3-3
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