Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surf break

Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 EDT
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Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras today?

The current surf forecast for Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras at 8PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

Table - waves today at Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)666666888888845556667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92686453643623232418182120305477102141382014141414
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
5
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
SE
10
S
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
60
NNE
50
N
40
NNE
30
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
1.26
8:31AM
0.93
8:59PM
1.30
9:19AM
0.89
9:49PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
-0.15
2:38AM
-0.14
2:27PM
-0.16
3:29AM
-0.13
3:13PM
-0.16
4:22AM
-0.10
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:24-------6:24
Sunset--7:36-------7:37-------7:37-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-------------25-3----
Temp. °C20222222222222222122232323222222221110811131414
Feels °C (?)1821232223232423212221212220191818-1-1-1471012
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