Dunes Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.76° N 78.79° W

Dunes Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Dunes Cove sea temperature is
29.6° C
1.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Dunes Cove today (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunes Cove at 7PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (23 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (23 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 115mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
S
5
1
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.4
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.8
S
5
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
42
39
46
37
37
39
29
28
23
25
40
27
21
20
20
20
20
20
22
20
20
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
S
15
S
10
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:18PM0.60m
6:19AM0.48m
7:10PM0.61m
7:12AM0.48m
8:00PM0.62m
Low Tide
12:36PM0.16m
1:29AM0.30m
1:29PM0.17m
2:23AM0.28m
2:21PM0.15m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:21
8:21
 mm
4
2
4
2
3
1
1
1
3
2
7
2
24
3
3
18
24
6
4
4
1
Temp °C
29
29
29
29
29
28
28
27
27
28
27
26
23
24
25
23
24
26
27
27
26
Feels °C
31
30
30
30
31
30
31
29
30
32
29
29
25
27
28
26
27
29
31
31
30
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