Fortress surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
2.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fortress today?

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 2AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1.2
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)857788888877771212129956666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2136841402482642201831651381148479626767668579115139173167126
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
E
10
SE
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
W
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.90
8:14AM
0.82
8:37PM
0.91
8:47AM
0.77
9:12PM
0.89
9:17AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
-0.14
1:41AM
-0.12
1:54PM
-0.13
2:21AM
-0.10
2:24PM
-0.11
2:58AM
-0.06
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:16-------6:13--
Sunset5:39-------5:40-------5:42-------
light snow
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--242-------------------
Temp. °C012433422111122110021100
Feels °C (?)-6-6-2-2-3-2-10-1-3-3-3-2-1-1-4-6-8-7-7-7-7-8-7
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