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Dunes Cove surf break

Dunes Cove surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
11.8° C
 (Which is 8.7°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 2PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)555555554666677788887878
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39403929371377458128912917231614149810
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
0.62
8:47PM
0.49
9:24AM
0.63
9:27PM
0.51
10:01AM
0.63
10:05PM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
0.07
3:54AM
-0.02
4:37PM
0.04
4:35AM
-0.05
5:16PM
0.02
5:15AM
-0.06
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:18-------
Sunset--5:30-------5:31-------5:32-----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------4681------------
Temp. °C131616161412108665332101687762-1
Feels °C (?)91112131287521-1-2-1-2-4-6-513333-3-7
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