Dunes Cove surf break

Dunes Cove surfForecast / Carolina South / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.8°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 6AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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 (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.9
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)554888844455555777677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1715171199121718202838491913999602614999
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WNW
30
N
30
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
5
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
0.74
11:07AM
0.60
11:32PM
0.75
11:58AM
0.59
12:24AM
0.74
12:52PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
-0.08
6:13PM
-0.14
6:57AM
-0.06
7:01PM
-0.12
7:49AM
-0.02
7:52PM
-0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:41-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------7:47-------7:49-------7:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252322212425242222222221242015151413121216182119
Feels °C (?)23222220232321202121212021148101099913151815
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