Fortress surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 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
2.1° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fortress today?

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 9AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (25 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
1.1
SSW
0.2
E
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1041077888889999988881010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8428247265287309350314229264276235194150112848210729022316615793
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
0.80
2:11PM
0.56
2:54AM
0.79
3:40PM
0.59
4:15AM
0.81
4:50PM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
0.05
7:45PM
0.04
9:42AM
0.02
9:09PM
0.03
10:40AM
-0.03
10:23PM
-0.01
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:28-------6:26-------6:24------
Sunset----5:32-------5:34-------5:36---
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C0412234431-10-1-1-1-2-4-4-4-2-1012
Feels °C (?)-8-6-9-8-8-5-1-4-5-6-8-6-5-6-8-10-12-12-10-7-8-6-5-4
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