Atlantic Beach surf break

Atlantic Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.4°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 6AM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
SE
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)555666555558884484555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87941119763474649402424232315162730324687107744025
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
N
35
N
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
0.94
8:33AM
0.75
8:59PM
1.00
9:19AM
0.73
9:47PM
1.03
10:07AM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
-0.10
2:45PM
-0.12
3:40AM
-0.12
3:29PM
-0.14
4:31AM
-0.11
4:15PM
-0.13
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:33-------6:31-------6:30----
Sunset------7:39-------7:40-------7:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------1-3-3
Temp. °C21212019232525252222212123232322222221222220119
Feels °C (?)1919181822232223212120202221212021212020201533
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