Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
17.4°C
1.1° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 7PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (12 Oct)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Tue night).

Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
S
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.9
S
7
1.3
SSW
5
1.6
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
7
1.7
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
7
1.1
SSW
7
1.3
SSW
7
0.8
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
424
343
343
281
217
180
140
112
82
58
58
87
80
165
227
230
262
210
118
134
51
Wind (km/h)
30
N
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
25
ENE
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
SSE
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
9:22AM0.99m
9:31PM0.79m
9:56AM0.95m
10:01PM0.75m
10:30AM0.89m
10:33PM0.70m
Low Tide
3:14PM0.02m
3:01AM0.04m
3:50PM0.07m
3:35AM0.08m
4:27PM0.13m
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clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
14
17
19
19
17
17
16
14
14
15
17
19
18
19
18
18
21
23
24
21
19
Feels °C
9
16
16
16
14
16
12
10
10
12
15
16
13
14
13
14
19
21
23
20
16
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