1st street Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.00° N 75.65° W)

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1st street surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 EDT

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1st street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's 1st street sea temperature is 26.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 1st street today?

The current surf forecast for 1st street at 12PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	14s
Evening (19 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	15s

Table - waves today at 1st street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	816	1073	1143	1245	1337	1443	1565	1565	1483	1446	1484	1853	2929	3393	10864	10471	10415	9899	11066	10358	4825	4417	11959	9435
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	E	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:31AM 0.90					5:12PM 1.22				5:35AM 0.92				6:11PM 1.22				6:33AM 0.96				7:04PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)			10:31AM 0.16					11:45PM 0.22				11:34AM 0.15				12:40AM 0.20				12:34PM 0.13				1:28AM 0.17

	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	1	1	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	24	23	23
Feels °C (?)	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	29	28	27	27	25	23	22	21	22	20	21	19	17	16	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at 1st street (light winds from the ESE at Kill Devil Hills Airport 3 km from 1st street). 1.5m 15s groundswell from the ESE with a 1.0m 7s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 43 minutes ago 1st street

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1 h 43 min ago

7 km/h

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Clean

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