Avalon Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)555557566777788778101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73654923181021152135212114141111511315555585551
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
15
E
20
SE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
E
15
SW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
WSW
20
SE
25
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.99
11:54PM
1.33
12:26PM
0.95
12:56AM
1.25
1:33PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31AM
0.06
5:18PM
0.09
6:31AM
0.12
6:20PM
0.15
7:33AM
0.16
7:29PM
0.21
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----7:40-------7:40-------7:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10109989101214141822241718161615172018202021
Feels °C (?)43343346991218191616131413162014171819
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