Ocean Isle Beach/pier surf break

Ocean Isle Beach/pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 EDT
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Ocean Isle Beach/pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean Isle Beach/pier sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is 7.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean Isle Beach/pier today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Isle Beach/pier at 5AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Ocean Isle Beach/pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999995566666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11511511711792785858585554393930549710597907580807144
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
NNW
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
1.75
9:32AM
1.49
9:58PM
1.73
10:20AM
1.39
10:53PM
1.67
11:18AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
-0.40
3:47PM
-0.41
4:27AM
-0.35
4:33PM
-0.38
5:17AM
-0.27
5:22PM
-0.31
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---7:16-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset------7:24-------7:25-------7:25-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C151514131722242121201818212522202020201922252215
Feels °C (?)1211981320232020191718202319171717171620242112
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