Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surf break

Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
21.4° C
(Which is 4.4°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 7AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)88888888888899999910108899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)605858585858484648464644212121212121233335353636
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
NW
10
SSW
10
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WSW
5
SSW
15
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
0.84
5:02PM
1.14
5:24AM
0.90
5:55PM
1.14
6:15AM
0.96
6:42PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
0.19
10:23AM
0.12
11:31PM
0.16
11:25AM
0.10
12:18AM
0.13
12:19PM
0.08
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:46-------6:47-------6:48----
Sunset------7:07-------7:05-------7:04-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819181820212121201918192122222323232323232424
Feels °C (?)161617151517202121191716182123222424242324242524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 4 km from Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras has become light (light winds from the N at Hatteras/Mitchell Field Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras. 0.4m 3s local chop from the WSW with a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the SE and a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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N
Clean
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