Cape Lookout Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.34° N 123.98° W

Cape Lookout 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Lookout sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Cape Lookout today (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Lookout at 5PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (24 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (24 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the WNW by Fri morning).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
1.3
SW
8
1.5
SW
9
3
W
9
2.4
WNW
9
2
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
1.2
NW
8
1.1
NW
8
1.1
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
531
502
483
426
367
360
286
240
250
328
1500
839
547
434
466
422
334
242
208
178
163
145
Wind (km/h)
5
E
0
SE
5
W
15
SW
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SW
40
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
SE
5
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:51AM2.81m
11:37PM2.91m
12:15PM2.96m
00:20AM2.95m
12:40PM3.10m
Low Tide
5:26AM0.71m
5:42PM1.20m
5:57AM0.73m
6:18PM0.95m
6:28AM0.79m
6:56PM0.71m
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7:03
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7:07
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8
6
1
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2
2
1
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Temp °C
13
16
15
15
13
13
14
15
14
14
15
14
14
14
12
12
12
14
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
12
16
14
13
11
11
12
12
11
7
10
11
13
13
10
10
10
12
9
9
8
8
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