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Avalon Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 26 Jan 2026 EST
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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
9.1° C
 (Which is 5.7°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 7AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (26 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (26 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1.6
N
1.6
N
2
NNW
0.9
NNE
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
N
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)99999966677777771010101010566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)389370307244211165163196299863522421558956281920202020293426
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
30
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
35
NW
50
NW
45
NW
35
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WNW
35
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
1.22
12:58PM
1.00
1:41AM
1.25
1:59PM
0.96
2:44AM
1.27
3:03PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
0.19
7:04PM
0.09
8:09AM
0.20
8:03PM
0.10
9:16AM
0.20
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:05---
Sunset------5:22-------5:22-------5:23-
light snow
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--492-------------------
Temp. °C27553200-3-5-6-7-8-51222-1-2-2-2-12
Feels °C (?)-5100-5-7-9-10-15-17-16-16-14-12-9-8-8-9-11-10-9-7-5-5
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