Avalon Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.05° N 75.67° W

Issued: 7 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Avalon Pier sea temperature is

28.2° 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 (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Avalon Pier at 1PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s
Evening (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Wed morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 8							Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ESE 9	ENE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	32	32	34	30	38	35	31	29	29	28	28	53	45	27	27	18	18	17	14	9	8	8	5	9
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	SE	SE	S	WSW	E	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	SSW	WNW	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide					2:32PM1.20m				2:45AM1.00m				3:29PM1.26m				3:45AM0.98m				4:29PM1.32m
Low Tide		8:00AM0.10m					8:52PM0.20m				8:52AM0.08m				9:55PM0.18m				9:49AM0.06m				10:59PM0.15m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54
	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	8:21
mm	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	30	33	31	29	28	27	27	29	33	33	28	25	25
Feels °C	30	27	25	26	25	25	27	28	31	32	33	34	34	28	27	28	27	26	29	33	33	26	28	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8
kJ	32	32	28	29	29	35	29	26	24	26	27	53	45	27	27	26	19	16	18	22	21	20	29	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	NNE 5	SSE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 4	S 4
kJ	8	3	4	4	4	10	4	29	29	28	28	14	14	18	18	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	5	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	—	E 10	E 12	E 12	S 6	E 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 4	SE 3	SSE 6	—	E 11	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 7	ESE 10
kJ	3	—	8	3	3	11	19	3	3	2	2	4	—	2	8	18	18	17	9	9	8	8	5	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	E 5	ENE 5	SE 4	SE 3	—	—	S 6	S 3	S 4	S 5	SSW 4	SW 4	WSW 4	WSW 3	WSW 3	SW 3	S 3	—	WNW 3
kJ	—	18	34	30	38	16	31	3	4	—	—	3	7	37	61	32	15	9	4	2	2	8	—	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Chicahauk Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	North Bar Long Island NY	Fenwick Delaware	North End Virginia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chodes New Jersey	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	9	177	92	92	92	649	276	102	242	9	0	0	85	86	85	9	9	9	9	282	246	360	52	52
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	S-Turns	Shit Pipe	The Point	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras				Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Shit Pipe	Chicahauk				Chicahauk	Pelican Watch	Topsail Island	Chicahauk				S-Turns	S-Turns
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1				1	1	2	1				2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	5	5	5

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