Avalon Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 20 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 4.3°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 2AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
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
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)9999999998898109899899998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18017515215212097999973696971374739363838373938393824
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
N
20
NNE
15
ENE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
NW
40
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
1.37
9:57AM
1.13
10:21PM
1.38
10:45AM
1.08
11:11PM
1.36
11:36AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.01
3:56AM
-0.01
3:56PM
0.01
4:47AM
0.02
4:42PM
0.04
5:41AM
0.07
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:03-------7:01--
Sunset7:14-------7:14-------7:15-------
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---2--------------------
Temp. °C14131411121213141413121315172022212121201919187
Feels °C (?)87965791011109101215182120181716151615-2
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