Ocean Isle Beach/Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(North Carolina, USA)
Ocean Isle Beach/Pier Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: inconsistent
Best: Swell SSE | Wind N
Sea Temperature Today is: 11.8 °C
| Wednesday 23 | ||||
| 10AM | 1PM | 4PM | 7PM | |
| Wave (m) |
 SE |
 SSE |
 SSE |
 SSE |
| Period (s) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross- on |
cross- on |
on | on |
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Ocean Isle Beach/Pier in North Carolina is an exposed beach break that has unreliable waves. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the north. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the south southeast. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. It's sometimes crowded here. It can even get crowded enough to be dangerous.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Holden Beach, North Carolina, 5 km from Ocean Isle Beach/Pier.
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Ocean Isle Beach/Pier Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Holden Beach, 5 km from Ocean Isle Beach/Pier.
calm km/h |  dry | Air temperature 13 °C |
Overall Ocean Isle Beach/Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in January
The graph describes the range of swells directed at Ocean Isle Beach/Pier through a typ... (show all text)
The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different dire... (show all text)
The two graphs above are also combined in the single Ocean Isle Beach/Pier surf consistency graph.
Also see Ocean Isle Beach/Pier surf quality by season and Ocean Isle Beach/Pier surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to Carolina North surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Ocean Isle Beach/Pier
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break7 mi
- Second closest break13 mi
- Third closest break19 mi
- Fourth closest break19 mi
- Fifth closest break21 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier:
- Closest wave buoy9 mi
- Second closest wave buoy11 mi
- Third closest wave buoy22 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy38 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy47 mi
Tide stations nearest to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier:
- Closest tide station3 mi
- Second closest tide station3 mi
- Third closest tide station5 mi
- Fourth closest tide station9 mi
- Fifth closest tide station10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier:
- Closest ski area229 mi
- Second closest ski area245 mi
- Third closest ski area254 mi
- Fourth closest ski area255 mi
- Fifth closest ski area260 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier:
- Closest city location35 mi
- Second closest city location36 mi
- Third closest city location78 mi
- Fourth closest city location85 mi
- Fifth closest city location87 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier is Wilmington International Airport (ILM) in USA, 56 km (35 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier is Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), also in USA, 62 km (39 miles) away.
- Third is New River Mcas (Jacksonville) Airport (NCA) in USA, 120 km (75 miles) away.
- Florence Rgnl Airport (FLO) in USA is 133 km (83 miles) away.
- Pope Afb (Fayetteville) Airport (POB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Ocean Isle Beach/Pier and is 154 km (96 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Ocean Isle Beach/Pier, Carolina North. Use the tab navigation above to view Ocean Isle Beach/Pier sea temperature, Ocean Isle Beach/Pier photographs, Ocean Isle Beach/Pier detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Ocean Isle Beach/Pier webcams, current wind from Carolina North live weather stations and Ocean Isle Beach/Pier tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Ocean Isle Beach/Pier.
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