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Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surf break

Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 EST
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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
14.8° C
 (Which is 3.4°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 6AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 18). 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 (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.8
SE
1.1
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)666667777788888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123103698366407111561467811515710367413550494855577286
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
25
NW
35
WNW
25
NW
20
W
30
WSW
25
W
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.02
7:09PM
0.71
7:33AM
1.03
7:47PM
0.74
8:09AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
-0.05
1:25PM
-0.01
1:00AM
-0.07
2:00PM
-0.04
1:41AM
-0.08
2:34PM
-0.05
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----7:09-------7:09-------7:09---
Sunset------5:15-------5:16-------5:17-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---17139101---------------
Temp. °C1716171110101084443468975443444
Feels °C (?)12121444430-5-3-5-5-2-211-1-2-3-2-4-3-3-5
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