Fortress Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
21.2° 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 (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 6PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
7
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
33
30
28
27
26
27
25
40
66
80
86
108
121
98
107
48
50
66
64
61
Wind (km/h)
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:59PM0.88m
1:20AM0.68m
1:59PM0.89m
2:26AM0.65m
3:09PM0.90m
Low Tide
7:27PM0.17m
7:17AM0.09m
8:46PM0.17m
8:21AM0.10m
10:10PM0.14m
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:58
7:57
 mm
1
Temp °C
24
25
25
24
25
25
26
25
25
26
27
25
25
26
26
25
27
28
28
26
25
Feels °C
23
23
24
25
27
27
28
27
26
26
27
25
24
26
27
27
29
29
27
26
26
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