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 7 am Saturday 16 Aug 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 27.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Atlantic Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Atlantic Beach at 1PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Saturday 16							Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tue 19
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE
Period(s) (?)	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	6	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	24	28	29	29	25	24	23	28	61	116	145	74	79	79	87	114	278	416	487	557	636	698	806	1879
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	ENE	E	E	ESE	NE	NNW	N	ENE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:42PM 0.90				2:53AM 0.62				3:50PM 0.90				4:04AM 0.60				4:58PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)			8:10AM 0.00				9:29PM 0.13				9:11AM 0.02				10:42PM 0.14				10:18AM 0.03					11:50PM 0.12

	Saturday 16							Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tue 19
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	27	29	28	26	25	24	24	24	27	29	29	26	26	26	25	24	28	29	28	27	26	25
Feels °C (?)	27	26	29	31	29	28	27	26	27	27	27	29	29	26	28	29	27	26	31	30	28	29	28	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Atlantic Beach (light winds from the NNE at BUOY-BFTN7 7 km from Atlantic Beach). 0.4m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.2m 4s local chop from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 19 minutes ago Atlantic Beach

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1 h 19 min ago

13 km/h

NNE

Cross-Off

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