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Outer Banks Pier in North Carolina is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the east northeast. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Be wary of rips - they make surfing here dangerous.

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Overall Outer Banks Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Outer Banks Pier surf quality by season and Outer Banks Pier surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Outer Banks Pier:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Jennettes Pier	4 mi
Second closest break	Nags Head Pier	7 mi
Third closest break	Boilers (Ranger Station)	9 mi
Fourth closest break	1st street	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Avalon Pier	12 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Outer Banks Pier:
Closest wave buoy	Diamond Shoals Buoy	61 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Virginia Beach Buoy	65 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Jamestown Buoy	112 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Stingray Point Buoy	121 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Onslow Bay Outer Buoy	139 mi
Tide stations nearest to Outer Banks Pier:
Closest tide station	Jennettes Pier, Nags Head (ocean), North Carolina	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Jennetts Pier (ocean), North Carolina	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Roanoke Sound Channel, North Carolina	6 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Oregon Inlet Marina, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Oregon Inlet Marina, North Carolina	6 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Outer Banks Pier:
Closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	229 mi
Second closest ski area	Massanutten (United States)	249 mi
Third closest ski area	Bryce Resort (United States)	265 mi
Fourth closest ski area	The Homestead Ski Area (United States)	277 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Liberty (United States)	285 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Outer Banks Pier:
Closest city location	Wanchese (United States)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Manteo (United States)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Nags Head (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Kill Devil Hills (United States)	11 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kitty Hawk (United States)	14 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Outer Banks Pier is Elizabeth City Cgas Rgnl Airport (ECG) in USA, 68 km (42 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Outer Banks Pier is Oceana Nas Airport (NTU), also in USA, 112 km (70 miles) away.
• Third is Norfolk International Airport (ORF) in USA, 125 km (78 miles) away.
• Norfolk Ns Airport (NGU) in USA is 133 km (83 miles) away.
• Langley Afb (Hampton) Airport (LFI), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Outer Banks Pier and is 150 km (93 miles) away.