Fortress surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 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
0.9° C
(Which is 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fortress today?

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 7AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.6
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)91010121212121212121212788888874556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)118100106140142142145145109107776967767874584342282850141185
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
W
5
SW
5
W
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
40
ENE
45
E
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.77
8:04AM
0.80
8:28PM
0.82
8:40AM
0.79
9:04PM
0.86
9:20AM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
-0.07
1:57PM
-0.14
2:18AM
-0.09
2:33PM
-0.15
3:03AM
-0.09
3:11PM
-0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:35----
Sunset------5:24-------5:25-------5:27-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----1223-------------331
Temp. °C532234331010011112223222
Feels °C (?)0-3-4-212-1-3-6-6-4-6-6-4-4-4-4-3-4-5-4-7-9-7
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