Fortress Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.02° N 71.96° W

Fortress 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fortress sea temperature is
19.4° C
1.5° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fortress at 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (13 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 22°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Tue night, light winds from the W by Wed night).

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.8
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
1.8
SW
6
1.7
SW
7
1.4
SW
7
1
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
1.1
SW
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
19
21
25
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
253
261
168
83
71
71
101
36
25
25
24
26
Wind (km/h)
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
10
NW
15
WSW
20
W
15
NW
10
W
15
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:51PM1.09m
8:24AM0.86m
8:45PM1.09m
9:16AM0.91m
9:35PM1.07m
Low Tide
12:56PM-0.06m
2:08AM-0.10m
1:52PM-0.09m
2:55AM-0.12m
2:46PM-0.09m
3:40AM-0.12m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:26
5:28
5:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:19
8:17
8:17
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
24
25
24
24
24
24
25
25
28
31
29
28
27
25
25
25
Feels °C
20
18
18
18
17
17
17
18
20
20
18
18
19
21
23
24
27
30
30
27
25
24
25
23
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