Avalon Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 EDT
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Avalon Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Avalon Pier sea temperature is
10.9° C
(Which is 4.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Avalon Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Avalon Pier at 3PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

Table - waves today at Avalon Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
1
N
1.3
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)9999988881098998999945667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12097991019569696937473936383837383839252878126148261
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
15
NNE
20
NE
15
E
15
E
15
SE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
5
SW
10
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WNW
50
N
40
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
1.13
10:21PM
1.38
10:45AM
1.08
11:11PM
1.36
11:36AM
1.02
12:06AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
-0.01
3:56PM
0.01
4:47AM
0.02
4:42PM
0.04
5:41AM
0.07
5:33PM
0.08
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-7:05-------7:03-------7:01------
Sunset----7:14-------7:15-------7:15---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C1412131514131214161820212223212019192098777
Feels °C (?)7691211109121416192121211716151618-1-1112
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