Dunes Cove surf break

Dunes Cove surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 EST
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Dunes Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunes Cove sea temperature is
8.5° C
(Which is 11.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dunes Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes Cove at 9AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (17 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s

Table - waves today at Dunes Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.3
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
Period(s) (?)899101212111212121211121256661466555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1185539522827252626262625262661746657312222304057
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
0.55
9:34AM
0.63
9:43PM
0.58
10:12AM
0.63
10:24PM
0.60
10:50AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
-0.08
4:47PM
-0.04
4:57AM
-0.10
5:25PM
-0.08
5:39AM
-0.10
6:04PM
-0.09
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:54----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------6:01-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8887911131416171717182019181817171618201918
Feels °C (?)556579111215161515161615151615171516171716
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