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Pelican Watch in North Carolina is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Often Crowded. Hazards include rips and sharks.

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Overall Pelican Watch 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 Pelican Watch surf quality by season and Pelican Watch surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - Carolina North surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Pelican Watch

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Pelican Watch:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Beauregard	1 mi
Second closest break	Shit Pipe	2 mi
Third closest break	Fort Fisher	10 mi
Fourth closest break	Masonboro Inlet	11 mi
Fifth closest break	Mason s Inlet	12 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Pelican Watch:
Closest wave buoy	Ocean Crest Pier Buoy	17 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Frying Pan Shoals Buoy	42 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Onslow Bay Outer Buoy	55 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Edisto Buoy	127 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Diamond Shoals Buoy	157 mi
Tide stations nearest to Pelican Watch:
Closest tide station	Wilmington Beach, North Carolina	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Orton Point, Cape Fear River, North Carolina	3 mi
Third closest tide station	Sunny Point Army Base, Wharf no.3, Cape Fear River,	3 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Orton Point, North Carolina	3 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Reaves Point, Cape Fear River, North Carolina	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Pelican Watch:
Closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	259 mi
Second closest ski area	Sugar Mountain (United States)	268 mi
Third closest ski area	Hawksnest (United States)	270 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	273 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Beech Mountain Resort (United States)	274 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Pelican Watch:
Closest city location	Carolina Beach (United States)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Sea Breeze (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Kure Beach (United States)	3 mi
Fourth closest city location	Myrtle Grove (United States)	7 mi
Fifth closest city location	Silver Lake (United States)	8 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Pelican Watch is Wilmington International Airport (ILM) in USA, 26 km (16 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Pelican Watch is New River Mcas (Jacksonville) Airport (NCA), also in USA, 85 km (53 miles) away.
• Third is Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in USA, 104 km (65 miles) away.
• Cherry Point Mcas Airport (NKT) in USA is 134 km (83 miles) away.
• Craven Co Rgnl (New Bern) Airport (EWN), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Pelican Watch and is 139 km (86 miles) away.