Cape Lookout Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.34° N 123.98° W

Cape Lookout 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Lookout sea temperature is
13.8°C
1.2° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Lookout at 11PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)--
Afternoon (11 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NW
9
1.4
NW
9
1.4
NW
9
1.2
NW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1
NW
9
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
NW
10
1.1
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.6
WSW
14
1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
1
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
357
330
300
242
226
155
261
220
231
192
161
154
154
172
173
169
121
119
147
202
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:12PM3.18m
1:22AM3.12m
1:44PM3.24m
2:08AM2.98m
2:15PM3.23m
Low Tide
7:18PM0.74m
7:31AM0.65m
8:01PM0.62m
8:05AM0.87m
8:42PM0.58m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:35
7:32
7:30
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
16
16
15
13
13
12
12
13
14
15
15
15
15
Feels °C
14
15
15
13
13
11
11
14
13
12
11
12
10
10
10
9
11
12
14
15
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