Cape Lookout 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.34° N 123.98° W

Issued: 4 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cape Lookout sea temperature is

11.8° C

Cape Lookout 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 Cape Lookout today (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with NW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Lookout at 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (21 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 9	NW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9
Wave Graph
kJ	192	147	147	143	122	119	116	116	99	158	129	129	166	148	174	207	216	237	231	202	202	230	230	235
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	N	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	NNW	NW	W	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW	WNW	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	glassy	glassy
High Tide			6:33AM2.25m				6:34PM2.94m				7:59AM2.13m				7:21PM2.88m					9:31AM2.13m				8:13PM2.85m
Low Tide	00:36AM1.07m				11:57AM1.39m				1:43AM1.01m				12:46PM1.63m					2:49AM0.93m			1:48PM1.80m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:53	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	18	18	18	17	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	12
Feels °C	15	14	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	18	17	18	17	13	13	13	16	15	13	13	15	15	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 9	NW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9	NW 9
kJ	192	147	147	143	122	119	116	116	99	158	129	129	166	148	174	207	216	237	231	202	202	230	230	235
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 13	WNW 13	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	WNW 11	SW 14	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 14	WNW 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 7
kJ	56	33	124	124	88	87	85	77	48	72	58	58	73	59	73	73	71	29	28	27	28	29	29	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	SW 14	SW 21	SW 14	SW 14	SW 21	SW 14	SW 20	SW 20	SW 20	S 11	SSW 4	WSW 19	WSW 19	WSW 19	WSW 18	SW 14
kJ	64	65	33	32	30	28	29	27	73	18	72	73	17	73	15	15	15	2	1	37	36	35	32	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	—	SSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 5	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	3	4	7	7	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Smugglers Cove Oregon North	Fort Canby A Jetty Washington	Cape Elizabeth Washington	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Smugglers Cove Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Cape Elizabeth Washington	Damon Point Washington	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Long Beach Peninsula Washington	Coos Bay North Oregon South	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Westport-The Cove Washington	Westport-The Cove Washington	Westport-The Cove Washington	Half Moon Bay Washington	Westport-The Cove Washington	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	43	43	47	104	226	337	170	43	47	43	43	226	178	396	137	221	43	175	175	175	175	175	43	43
Best forecast wave conditions in North Oregon	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Seaside Cove					Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Seaside Cove	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef						Lincoln City Nelscott Reef						Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2					2	2	2	2						2						2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Shark Pit HAW - Maui	Assateague Maryland	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Assateague Maryland	Turtles Reef HAW - Oahu	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Hilo Breakwall HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Shark Pit HAW - Maui	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Header Global	Asu Indonesia	Cape St Martin South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Aufaga Village Samoa	Cobblestones Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Blackfellows Australia	The Hoek South Africa	Point Roadnight Australia	Dolphin Point South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	9	9

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cape Lookout surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Cape Lookout 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Cape Lookout today (21 Jul):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

How Our WaveFinder Tool Makes Forecasting Easier Than Ever Before

The Five Best Forecasts For International Surfing Day 2026

Best Surf Travel Deals & Discounts For 2026 To Help Make Surf Travel Cheaper

Let Our Surf Alerts Do All Your Forecast Heavy Lifting

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website