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Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surf break

Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 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
13.3° C
 (Which is 4.6°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 9AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.3
SE
3.5
NE
Period(s) (?)511111171111111110101010101010101010661968
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16111111111111111111101010101010101010155760
Wind
(km/h)
45
NW
45
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
40
NE
50
NE
55
NE
55
NE
55
NE
60
NNE
65
NNE
65
NNE
75
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
1.08
4:06PM
0.68
4:49AM
1.12
5:08PM
0.74
5:46AM
1.15
6:04PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
-0.02
10:03PM
-0.14
11:24AM
-0.07
11:06PM
-0.18
12:16PM
-0.12
12:03AM
-0.21
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:01-----
Sunset----5:27-------5:28-------5:29---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1122114
Temp. °C2-1-3-201111223356555554455
Feels °C (?)-10-12-13-11-7-6-6-5-5-3-4-2-3-1-1-5-6-7-7-7-10-10-9-11
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