Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surf break

Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
12.6° C
(Which is 5.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras at 3AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
S
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)666666669999969888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1431641751199575594865657767656242418080805454545453
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
NNE
15
ESE
5
SSE
0
WNW
5
W
5
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
0
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.91
12:04PM
0.63
12:40AM
0.87
12:53PM
0.59
1:36AM
0.84
1:53PM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16PM
0.04
6:22AM
0.11
5:57PM
0.09
7:17AM
0.17
6:45PM
0.13
8:21AM
0.20
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----7:22-------7:20-------7:18--
Sunset7:02-------7:04-------7:05-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
44374-------------------
Temp. °C212122171617181819192121192021212222222222222222
Feels °C (?)171818161518202020182019171922201920202021211918
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