Avalon Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 19 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
8.9° C
(Which is 6.2°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 6PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)999999999998999999988889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82127157185194288288280234229180142145122119969976737169692440
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
ESE
10
SE
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
10
WNW
15
NE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
1.18
8:47PM
1.32
9:11AM
1.16
9:33PM
1.37
9:57AM
1.13
10:21PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
0.03
3:07AM
-0.00
3:12PM
0.01
3:56AM
-0.01
3:56PM
0.01
4:47AM
0.02
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------7:05-------7:05-------7:03
Sunset--7:13-------7:14-------7:14-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C555678789101212131213121317151312131517
Feels °C (?)-1-10124357676766681612109101215
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