Surf Forecasts:
Fortress surf forecast from 4 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 8 Jul, 2PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, E swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 7 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period, E swell with 360 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 8 Jul, 2PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fortress this week:
The surf forecast for Fortress over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 08) at 2PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.6m and 7s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Fortress in the next 16 days are 2.0m 7s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 07) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.4m 6s period and expected on Friday (Jul 10) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2PM (Wed 8th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 2PM (Wed 8th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Tue 7th Jul) | 6.5ft (2.0m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fortress over the next 16 days.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Alright, let me tell you what I'm seeing for Fortress over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, it's a tough outlook. Fortress is a reef setup that needs a very specific swell direction to work, and we just aren't getting it.
Right from the start, on Saturday July 4th, we've got a tiny 1ft swell coming from the SE, which is completely wrong for a break that wants it from the opposite direction. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is pretty average for this time of year.
To be straight with you, the entire 16-day window is looking like a write-off. There's not a single session I'd recommend paddling out for. The swell stays small, the period hardly ever gets long enough to mean much, and most of the time it's coming from the wrong direction entirely.
You do get one little moment of glassy conditions on the morning of Wednesday July 15th, but that's on a 2ft, 4-second windswell coming straight from the east – it's not going to wrap in properly at all.
For a few days around the 6th and 7th of July, the swell actually bumps up past 5ft, hitting nearly 7ft at times from the ESE and E. But the wind is howling, 28-34 mph straight onshore or cross-onshore, making it a complete washing machine. The combined wave energy gets up into the 300 range, which shows there's power, but it's all messy, blown-out junk. That setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, to be honest.
We see a fair bit of cross-offshore or clean wind conditions later on in the second week, but again, the swell is tiny – mostly under 2ft – and from the wrong quarter. It's a long, flat run. For an exposed reef like Fortress that's often crowded when it's good, the lack of any real swell makes this a pretty normal blank period.
Stay patient, folks. This one isn't giving us anything to work with.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 105mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 32°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Mon morning). Mainly near gales. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Warm (max 23°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSW 5 | S 5 | SE 8 | ESE 4 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SSW 6 | SE 10 | SSW 6 | S 5 | SSW 5 | S 6 |
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 kJ | 13 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 255 | 265 | 360 | 254 | 307 | 159 | 80 | 67 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 126 | 57 | 87 | 95 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | off | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | off |
High Tide | 11:16AM0.74m | 11:14PM0.78m | 11:54AM0.76m | 11:57PM0.75m | 12:38PM0.79m | 00:46AM0.71m | 1:26PM0.83m | 1:41AM0.68m | 2:22PM0.86m | 2:43AM0.66m | 3:26PM0.90m | 3:54AM0.66m | 4:36PM0.95m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 4:55PM0.17m | 5:26AM0.06m | 5:45PM0.18m | 6:07AM0.07m | 6:42PM0.19m | 6:54AM0.08m | 7:48PM0.19m | 7:47AM0.08m | 9:02PM0.16m | 8:47AM0.07m | 10:19PM0.12m | 9:51AM0.05m | 11:26PM0.06m | ||||||||
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 | 5:20 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — |
 | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — |
mm | — | — | 21 | — | 1 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
Temp °C | 29 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 |
Feels °C | 30 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 5 | SE 9 | SSW 5 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SE 9 | SSW 5 | S 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | S 5 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 10 | SE 9 | S 6 |
| kJ | 8 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 159 | 80 | 67 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 95 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | — | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 5 | — | SE 10 | — | — | — | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | E 8 | E 7 | S 9 |
| kJ | 13 | — | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 12 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NNE 4 | NNE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | — | — | E 7 | E 6 | SE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 4 | — | — | — | ESE 4 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | NNE 5 | N 4 | — | SW 3 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | S 5 | SSW 5 | — |
| kJ | — | 20 | — | — | — | 15 | 255 | 265 | 360 | 254 | 307 | 27 | 10 | — | 6 | 32 | 66 | 126 | 57 | 87 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 716 | 2381 | 15 | 803 | 2568 | 451 | 414 | 414 | 241 | 342 | 877 | 122 | 25 | 38 | 162 | 161 | 222 | 222 | 187 | 185 | 0 |
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