Avalon Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.05° N 75.67° W

Issued: 1 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Avalon Pier sea temperature is

27.9° C

Avalon Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Avalon Pier today (09 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Avalon Pier at 6AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 33°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Sat afternoon).
	Thursday 9								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 4	ENE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	33	29	28	28	26	48	28	27	19	17	17	13	9	8	8	15	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	17
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	SSW	W	WSW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	W	SSW	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	glassy	cross-off	cross
High Tide		2:45AM1.00m				3:29PM1.26m				3:45AM0.98m				4:29PM1.32m				4:47AM0.97m					5:29PM1.37m
Low Tide				8:52AM0.08m				9:55PM0.18m				9:49AM0.06m				10:59PM0.15m				10:48AM0.04m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—
mm	—	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	25	28	27	28	30	32	31	29	28	27	26	29	33	33	32	31	28	26	26	27	29	31	30	26
Feels °C	28	30	30	31	33	32	30	29	28	28	25	29	33	33	31	32	27	26	26	28	29	33	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	S 4	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	33	24	26	28	15	48	28	27	19	17	17	10	11	8	8	5	8	23	23	15	12	10	8	17
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 7	SSE 7
kJ	29	29	28	27	26	14	18	18	15	14	13	13	8	10	8	9	21	8	8	8	8	8	5	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 8	E 4	E 11	E 11	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 7	S 4	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	W 3	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	3	3	12	4	14	1	2	2	14	17	17	9	9	8	8	7	5	1	2	2	2	1	7	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 3	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	SW 4	WSW 4	W 3	W 3	—	S 7	S 4	W 3	W 3	W 3	W 3	W 3	—	—	NE 2
kJ	—	2	5	6	5	9	27	50	21	14	12	6	2	—	23	15	4	7	8	6	3	—	—	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Matunuck-The point Rhode Island	Summerville Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	S-Turns Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	92	92	92	52	86	86	86	210	9	9	9	52	210	210	210	52	52	52	52	52	692	1272	1279	52
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Shit Pipe	Hatteras Light House					Chicahauk	Pelican Watch	Topsail Island	S-Turns				S-Turns	S-Turns	Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Pelican Watch				Topsail Island
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1					1	1	2	2				2	3	1	1	2				2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Exiles CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Lunada Bay CAL - LA County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Outside Shoals Maryland	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Morro Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	The Wedge CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	2	1	3	1	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	2	2
Header Global	Lucky Point Philippines	Papatowai New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Weld Road New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Frigates Fiji	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Etang-Sale Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion
Rating (10 max)	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	8	5	5	5	4	4	7	6	5	5	5

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