Columbia St Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.21° N 77.79° W)

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Columbia St surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 EDT

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

Today's Columbia St sea temperature is 27.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Columbia St today?

The current surf forecast for Columbia St at 5PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Evening (20 Aug)	11ft (3.5m)	16s

Table - waves today at Columbia St. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2539	3333	4798	6029	7073	6537	4618	2146	1189	918	636	579	511	425	464	411	341	356	291	278	214	164	211	228
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:00PM 1.52				6:22AM 1.26				6:50PM 1.55				7:11AM 1.34				7:35PM 1.55				7:57AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34AM 0.05				12:35AM 0.11				12:30PM 0.03				1:24AM 0.07				1:23PM 0.02					2:09AM 0.04

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	28	26	25	24	23	23	24	27	30	29	27	24	23	21	21	24	26	26	26	26	25	25	25
Feels °C (?)	26	29	26	26	25	23	22	24	26	30	28	27	24	23	21	21	24	26	27	27	27	25	25	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Columbia St (moderate winds from the N at BUOY-JMPN7 0 km from Columbia St). A 1.5m windswell from the ENE
1 hour 19 minutes ago Columbia St

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1 h 19 min ago

22 km/h

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