Atlantic Beach Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / Carolina (12 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.70° N 76.74° W)

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Atlantic Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 EDT

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Atlantic Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Atlantic Beach sea temperature is 21.9° C
(Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Atlantic Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Atlantic Beach at 5AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

Table - waves today at Atlantic Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	340	146	122	131	196	192	188	146	113	106	104	102	41	40	57	40	61	68	41	101	103	57	56	117
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	WNW	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:02AM 0.72				5:29PM 0.84				5:58AM 0.77				6:20PM 0.83				6:45AM 0.81				7:04PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)		11:14PM 0.15				11:19AM 0.14				12:05AM 0.13				12:18PM 0.13				12:48AM 0.12				1:09PM 0.11

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	14	15	17	18	16	15	14	12	10	13	16	18	16	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	20
Feels °C (?)	18	15	13	10	9	11	12	11	11	9	7	4	7	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	15	15	16	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the N at BUOY-BFTN7 7 km from Atlantic Beach). Surf should be turning clean at Atlantic Beach. 1.0m 10s swell from the E with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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