Hatteras Light House Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.23° N 75.53° W

Hatteras Light House 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hatteras Light House sea temperature is
27.7° C
0.3° 

Hatteras Light House surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hatteras Light House today (19 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hatteras Light House at 10AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Hatteras Light House. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 71mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon night, near gales from the SW by Tue night).

Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
1.1
S
7
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
1
S
7
0.9
S
7
0.8
S
6
0.1
E
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
E
12
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.1
E
10
1.8
S
7
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
121
7
6
6
6
6
6
92
74
54
6
6
6
6
6
3
10
11
2
302
18
Wind (km/h)
45
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
20
W
30
WSW
20
WNW
25
WSW
20
W
20
SW
45
WSW
10
SSW
35
W
25
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:14PM0.97m
00:24AM0.92m
1:09PM0.96m
1:15AM0.82m
2:06PM0.95m
Low Tide
5:56AM-0.05m
6:21PM0.08m
6:41AM-0.00m
7:22PM0.16m
7:28AM0.05m
8:27PM0.21m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:01
6:01
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8:15
8:14
8:13
 mm
2
2
1
2
1
1
3
1
3
9
3
2
3
7
1
1
6
7
4
4
2
Temp °C
29
29
29
30
29
28
27
28
27
28
27
28
28
27
24
26
28
28
29
29
28
28
29
Feels °C
26
27
29
30
27
27
29
27
29
29
28
30
24
31
22
26
26
26
27
26
24
24
25
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