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Corolla Lighthouse surf break

Corolla Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 Mar 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
7.9° C
 (Which is 5.5°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 4AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999998889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78101126132166166162129123939573735356393836363623232426
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
30
S
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
WNW
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
1.28
9:05AM
1.16
9:25PM
1.31
9:49AM
1.12
10:12PM
1.30
10:37AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
-0.09
3:04AM
-0.11
3:11PM
-0.10
3:51AM
-0.10
3:54PM
-0.10
4:41AM
-0.07
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:05-------7:03--
Sunset7:13-------7:14-------7:15-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------2-1----------
Temp. °C667778101213131210121215151311101013161821
Feels °C (?)112344577664571211976710141720
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