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          Fortress Surf Report and Forecast

          Spot Location: North America > New Jersey + New York > New York > Long Island - East

          Current Surf Report for Fortress

          All times EST unless otherwise stated.

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          2-4ft

          Solid Star

          Knee High - Chest High

          13mph Moderate, Onshore

          Primary Swell
          4ft at 7s145.45°
          Secondary Swell
          0.2ft at 11s94.05°

          DrizzleAir 64°fSea 59°f

          Today's Tide - FortressToday's Tide Legend - Fortress
          High12:33AM2.3ft
          Low 7:15AM0.2ft
          High 1:10PM2ft
          Low 7:17PM0.7ft
          First Light 4:46AM
          Sunrise 5:19AM
          Sunset 8:10PM
          Last Light 8:42PM

          Tide Location Montauk, Fort Pond Bay, Long Island Sound, New York - 3.0577536km away Help

          About Fortress

          A submerged reef of boulders makes for some fun, walled-up sections. Favors rights on a SE swell at all tides, but won?t handle much size. Often crowded with the local grommet crew. The town car park fills up quickly with permit holders making access difficult. Good facilities for this... more

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          Surf Forecasting help for Fortress

          A detailed long range Fortress Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Fortress and nearby surf spots in the New Jersey + New York area. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.

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            OverviewAdvanced
             Edit Fortress Surf Wind (+ Gusts)WeatherPrimary SwellSecondary SwellProb.
          Fri25/05 12am 3-4ft Faded Star 14 17 mphShowers59°f 4ft8s138.84° 0.2ft11s   100%
          3am 2-3ft Faded Star 12 14 mphBrief Showers64°f 2.5ft8s138.24° 3.5ft5s 0.2ft11s 100%
          6am 2-4ft Solid Star 12 14 mphBrief Showers64°f 4ft7s143° 0.3ft6s 0.2ft11s 70%
          9am 2-4ft Solid Star 13 16 mphDrizzle64°f 4ft7s145.45° 0.2ft11s   70%
          12pm 3-4ft Faded Star 14 20 mphBrief Showers64°f 4ft8s150.74°     60%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 14 20 mphBrief Showers Possible64°f 3.5ft5s169.26° 2ft8s   60%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 22 mphBrief Showers Possible66°f 3.5ft6s178.02° 2ft8s   90%
          9pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 22 mphMostly Clear66°f 3.5ft5s187.92° 2ft8s   90%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          High12:33AM2.3ft
          Low 7:15AM0.2ft
          High 1:10PM2ft
          Low 7:17PM0.7ft
          First Light 4:46AM
          Sunrise 5:19AM
          Sunset 8:10PM
          Last Light 8:42PM
          Sat26/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 14 18 mphMostly Clear64°f 3.5ft6s193.61° 2ft8s   100%
          3am 2-3ft Faded Star 13 16 mphMisty64°f 3ft6s196.63° 2ft8s   100%
          6am 2-3ft Faded Star 11 13 mphSunny64°f 3ft7s198.26° 2ft8s 0.5ft6s 100%
          9am 2-3ft Faded Star 9 11 mphMostly Sunny68°f 3ft7s199.95° 1.9ft8s   100%
          12pm 2-3ft Faded Star 12 14 mphMostly Sunny72°f 3ft7s200.41° 1.6ft10s 1.9ft8s 100%
          3pm 2-4ft Solid Star 14 17 mphMostly Sunny72°f 3.5ft9s196.3° 1.8ft8s   100%
          6pm 2-4ft Faded Star 15 18 mphMostly Sunny70°f 3ft9s186.9° 1.8ft8s 1.8ft3s 95%
          9pm 2-3ft Faded Star 14 17 mphMostly Clear68°f 3.5ft8s201.31° 1.7ft8s 0.6ft6s 95%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          High 1:12AM2.2ft
          Low 8:03AM0.2ft
          High 1:55PM2ft
          Low 8:15PM0.7ft
          First Light 4:46AM
          Sunrise 5:18AM
          Sunset 8:11PM
          Last Light 8:43PM
          Sun27/05 12am 2-3ft Solid Star 8 10 mphMostly Clear68°f 3.5ft8s201.6° 1.7ft8s   90%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star 8 9 mphMostly Cloudy66°f 3ft8s187.65° 1.5ft8s 1.4ft4s 90%
          6am 2-4ft Faded Star 13 16 mphMostly Cloudy61°f 3.5ft9s191.2° 1.5ft8s   100%
          9am 2-4ft Solid Star 12 13 mphMostly Sunny61°f 3.5ft9s182.5° 1.2ft8s   100%
          12pm 3-4ft Solid Star 12 13 mphMostly Sunny61°f 3.5ft9s183.99° 1.3ft8s   50%
          3pm 3-4ft Faded Star 7 9 mphBrief Showers63°f 3.5ft9s184.19° 1.1ft8s   50%
          6pm 2-4ft Faded Star 16 22 mphBrief Showers64°f 3ft8s181.01° 2.5ft4s 1ft8s 40%
          9pm 2-4ft Faded Star 21 33 mphDense Fog64°f 3ft8s177.1° 3.5ft5s 0.9ft7s 40%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          High 1:52AM2.1ft
          Low 8:51AM0.3ft
          High 2:42PM2ft
          Low 9:14PM0.7ft
          First Light 4:45AM
          Sunrise 5:18AM
          Sunset 8:11PM
          Last Light 8:44PM
          Mon28/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 21 32 mphFoggy64°f 3ft8s182.71° 4ft5s 0.8ft8s 70%
          3am 2-4ft Solid Star 19 27 mphFoggy66°f 3.5ft8s183.98° 0.8ft9s 3.5ft5s 70%
          6am 2-4ft Solid Star 11 14 mphBrief Showers68°f 3.5ft8s186.66° 0.8ft9s 3ft5s 70%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 1 2 mphBrief Showers66°f 4ft7s206.36° 0.8ft9s   70%
          12pm 2-3ft Faded Star 10 11 mphBrief Showers63°f 3.5ft7s198.93° 0.7ft9s   77%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 15 15 mphMostly Cloudy59°f 3.5ft7s195.43° 0.8ft9s   77%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 14 15 mphMisty57°f 3ft7s193.28° 0.9ft9s   30%
          9pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 17 mphOvercast59°f 3ft7s192.05° 0.8ft9s   30%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          High 2:37AM2.1ft
          Low 9:40AM0.3ft
          High 3:33PM2.2ft
          Low10:12PM0.6ft
          First Light 4:44AM
          Sunrise 5:17AM
          Sunset 8:12PM
          Last Light 8:45PM
          Tue29/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 13 14 mphDrizzle61°f 3ft7s192.08° 0.8ft9s   38%
          3am 2-3ft Faded Star 12 15 mphFoggy64°f 3ft7s193.37° 0.8ft9s 0.7ft3s 38%
          6am 2-3ft Faded Star 7 9 mphFoggy66°f 3ft7s197.14° 0.8ft8s 0.6ft3s 60%
          9am 2-3ft Faded Star 10 12 mphMisty66°f 3ft7s198.4° 0.8ft8s 0.5ft6s 60%
          12pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 21 mphMisty64°f 3ft7s197.3° 0.9ft8s 0.7ft6s 62%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 18 25 mphMisty64°f 3.5ft6s197.33° 0.8ft8s 0.7ft6s 62%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 19 29 mphMisty64°f 4.5ft5s199.09° 0.8ft8s 0.7ft6s 70%
          9pm 2-4ft Faded Star 21 34 mphOvercast64°f 5ft6s200.61° 0.7ft8s 0.6ft6s 70%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          High 3:32AM2ft
          Low10:28AM0.2ft
          High 4:26PM2.3ft
          Low11:09PM0.4ft
          First Light 4:44AM
          Sunrise 5:16AM
          Sunset 8:13PM
          Last Light 8:46PM
          Wed30/05 12am 2-4ft Faded Star 21 34 mphMisty64°f 5.5ft6s200.84° 0.6ft9s 0.5ft6s 40%
          3am 2-4ft Faded Star 20 30 mphFoggy64°f 5.5ft6s200.27° 0.3ft6s 0.4ft5s 40%
          6am 2-4ft Faded Star 19 27 mphFoggy64°f 5.5ft6s201.5° 0.4ft10s 0.4ft6s 65%
          9am 2-4ft Faded Star 18 25 mphRain64°f 5.5ft6s202.04° 0.4ft10s 0.2ft13s 65%
          12pm 2-4ft Faded Star 20 27 mphRain64°f 5.5ft6s202.42° 0.3ft13s   70%
          3pm 2-4ft Faded Star 18 24 mphBrief Showers68°f 5.5ft6s203.26°     70%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 21 28 mphDrizzle70°f 5ft6s207.38°     80%
          9pm 2-4ft Faded Star 19 28 mphOvercast68°f 4.5ft6s193.26° 0.2ft20s 3ft4s 80%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          High 4:33AM2ft
          Low11:17AM0.2ft
          High 5:20PM2.6ft
          First Light 4:43AM
          Sunrise 5:16AM
          Sunset 8:14PM
          Last Light 8:47PM
          Thu31/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 18 27 mphMostly Clear63°f 5ft7s216.18° 0.3ft5s   60%
          3am 2-3ft Faded Star 19 25 mphClear59°f 4ft7s195.12° 0.4ft7s 2.5ft4s 60%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 16 19 mphSunny57°f 3.5ft7s188.88° 0.4ft7s 2ft4s 62%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 12 15 mphMostly Sunny59°f 3ft7s188.18° 0.9ft3s 1.1ft4s 62%
          12pm 2-3ft Faded Star 13 16 mphMostly Sunny63°f 3ft7s176.59° 0.5ft9s 1.5ft3s 52%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 19 mphMostly Sunny64°f 2.5ft7s171.06° 0.4ft19s 1.8ft3s 52%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 18 22 mphMostly Sunny64°f 2.5ft7s170.79° 0.4ft19s 2ft4s 63%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star 13 17 mphMostly Clear63°f 2.5ft7s170.99° 0.4ft18s 2ft4s 63%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          Low12:06AM0.2ft
          High 5:34AM2ft
          Low12:07PM0.1ft
          High 6:13PM2.8ft
          First Light 4:43AM
          Sunrise 5:16AM
          Sunset 8:15PM
          Last Light 8:48PM

          Extended Surf Forecast for Long Island - East Area

          Fri01/06 12am 2-4ft Faded Star 10 12 mphMostly Clear61°f 3.5ft8s178.54° 0.8ft2s   47%
          3am 2-4ft Faded Star 10 12 mphMostly Clear61°f 3.5ft8s178.54° 0.8ft2s   47%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 5 6 mphOvercast55°f 3ft7s178.94°     48%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 5 6 mphOvercast55°f 3ft7s178.94°     48%
          12pm 2-3ft Faded Star 12 14 mphOvercast59°f 3ft7s173.85°     25%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 12 14 mphOvercast59°f 3ft7s173.85°     25%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 19 mphOvercast59°f 2ft7s179.35° 2ft4s 0.2ft18s 29%
          9pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 19 mphOvercast59°f 2ft7s179.35° 2ft4s 0.2ft18s 29%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          Low 1:02AM-0ft
          High 6:31AM2.1ft
          Low12:58PM0ft
          High 7:04PM3.1ft
          First Light 4:42AM
          Sunrise 5:15AM
          Sunset 8:15PM
          Last Light 8:48PM
          Sat02/06 12am 1-2ft Faded Star 14 17 mphRain63°f 1.8ft7s180.41° 2ft4s 0.2ft16s 27%
          3am 1-2ft Faded Star 14 17 mphRain63°f 1.8ft7s180.41° 2ft4s 0.2ft16s 27%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 13 16 mphRain63°f 3ft7s172.32° 0.3ft16s   27%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 13 16 mphRain63°f 3ft7s172.32° 0.3ft16s   27%
          12pm 1-2ft 7 8 mphRain63°f 2ft6s166.58° 0.3ft16s   24%
          3pm 1-2ft 7 8 mphRain63°f 2ft6s166.58° 0.3ft16s   24%
          6pm 2ft Faded Star 10 12 mphBrief Showers63°f 2ft7s162.22° 0.3ft16s   18%
          9pm 2ft Faded Star 10 12 mphBrief Showers63°f 2ft7s162.22° 0.3ft16s   18%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          Low 1:57AM-0.2ft
          High 7:25AM2.2ft
          Low 1:52PM-0ft
          High 7:55PM3.2ft
          First Light 4:42AM
          Sunrise 5:15AM
          Sunset 8:16PM
          Last Light 8:49PM
          Sun03/06 12am 3-5ft Solid Star 5 6 mphBrief Showers63°f 4ft8s173.61° 0.4ft15s   26%
          3am 3-5ft Solid Star 5 6 mphBrief Showers63°f 4ft8s173.61° 0.4ft15s   26%
          6am 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 2 2 mphThunderstorms68°f 6ft8s170.79° 0.4ft15s   16%
          9am 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 2 2 mphThunderstorms68°f 6ft8s170.79° 0.4ft15s   16%
          12pm 4-7ft Solid Star Solid Star 11 13 mphThunderstorms68°f 7.5ft8s174.82° 0.5ft15s   12%
          3pm 4-7ft Solid Star Solid Star 11 13 mphThunderstorms68°f 7.5ft8s174.82° 0.5ft15s   12%
          6pm 4-6ft Solid Star 17 20 mphBrief Showers68°f 5.5ft8s173.73° 0.5ft15s   43%
          9pm 4-6ft Solid Star 17 20 mphBrief Showers68°f 5.5ft8s173.73° 0.5ft15s   43%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Fortress
          Low 2:51AM-0.4ft
          High 8:19AM2.3ft
          Low 2:46PM-0.1ft
          High 8:47PM3.3ft
          First Light 4:41AM
          Sunrise 5:14AM
          Sunset 8:17PM
          Last Light 8:50PM

          Next Update Expected: 1hrs
          Last Model Run: 24 May 20:00:00PM local time (EST). 25 May 00:00:00AM GMT.

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