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Cape Lookout surf break

Cape Lookout surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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Cape Lookout surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Lookout sea temperature is
10.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Lookout today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Lookout at 2PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (12 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

Table - waves today at Cape Lookout. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WSW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101091081111101010109998999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1507820908820784637590567688615530513513401347314471466412359313281230172
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
0
E
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
25
SW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47AM
2.59
10:19PM
2.22
8:08AM
2.60
10:58PM
2.35
9:19AM
2.69
11:26PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
1.00
2:20AM
2.02
3:49PM
0.88
3:40AM
1.91
4:35PM
0.76
4:34AM
1.73
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise7:33-------7:31-------7:30-------
Sunset---7:16-------7:17-------7:20----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
4343---321510641---------
Temp. °C8766101111101111108767778887654
Feels °C (?)654544323455322001122210
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