Corolla Lighthouse surf break

Corolla Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 EDT
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Corolla Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Corolla Lighthouse sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Corolla Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Corolla Lighthouse at 11AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s

Table - waves today at Corolla Lighthouse. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NE
1.1
NNE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)558875555666566666677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12830222156576457645232112127271991010101955
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
10
SW
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NE
15
E
20
SE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
NNE
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.08
10:49PM
1.33
11:18AM
1.04
11:48PM
1.26
12:19PM
1.00
12:52AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
-0.06
4:24PM
-0.06
5:25AM
-0.01
5:21PM
-0.02
6:25AM
0.04
6:24PM
0.04
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset----7:40-------7:42-------7:43---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101014171512121010999899101212172325191817
Feels °C (?)769139442333333246591720161716
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