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The Point in North Carolina is an exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf The best wind direction is from the northeast. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the south. The beach break favours left handers. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Take care of the strong rips here.

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Overall The Point 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 The Point surf quality by season and The Point surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Point:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Bogue Pier	7 mi
Second closest break	Atlantic Beach	21 mi
Third closest break	Triple S Pier	23 mi
Fourth closest break	Topsail Island	25 mi
Fifth closest break	Shackleford Banks	29 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Point:
Closest wave buoy	Onslow Bay Outer Buoy	31 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Ocean Crest Pier Buoy	78 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Frying Pan Shoals Buoy	91 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Diamond Shoals Buoy	100 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Jamestown Buoy	177 mi
Tide stations nearest to The Point:
Closest tide station	Bogue Inlet, North Carolina	1 mi
Second closest tide station	New River Inlet, North Carolina	16 mi
Third closest tide station	Spooner Creek, North Carolina	18 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Coral Bay, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina	19 mi
Fifth closest tide station	N.C. State Fisheries, North Carolina	21 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Point:
Closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	245 mi
Second closest ski area	The Homestead Ski Area (United States)	277 mi
Third closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	278 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Massanutten (United States)	278 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sugar Mountain (United States)	287 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Point:
Closest city location	Swansboro (United States)	3 mi
Second closest city location	Cape Carteret (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Emerald Isle (United States)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	Piney Green (United States)	14 mi
Fifth closest city location	Newport (United States)	17 mi

• The closest passenger airport to The Point is New River Mcas (Jacksonville) Airport (NCA) in USA, 32 km (20 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to The Point is Cherry Point Mcas Airport (NKT), also in USA, 35 km (22 miles) away.
• Third is Craven Co Rgnl (New Bern) Airport (EWN) in USA, 48 km (30 miles) away.
• Wilmington International Airport (ILM) in USA is 84 km (52 miles) away.
• Seymour Johnson Afb (Goldsboro) Airport (GSB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to The Point and is 110 km (68 miles) away.