Hatteras Light House Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.23° N 75.53° W

Hatteras Light House 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 31 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hatteras Light House sea temperature is
26.5° C
0.9° 

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 (31 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hatteras Light House at 11AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (31 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sun night, min 25°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SSW by Sun night).

Friday
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
1.3
S
6
1.6
S
7
1.7
S
7
1.9
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
37
37
38
49
50
63
57
36
23
20
20
12
11
13
62
68
25
31
37
110
222
303
408
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
0
S
5
SE
5
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
Wind State
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:14AM0.84m
9:32PM1.07m
9:53AM0.88m
10:07PM1.03m
10:33AM0.92m
10:45PM0.98m
Low Tide
3:23AM0.05m
3:08PM0.04m
3:54AM0.04m
3:49PM0.06m
4:27AM0.03m
4:34PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:06
8:05
8:04
 mm
1
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
27
27
26
25
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
Feels °C
28
28
25
25
28
27
28
27
26
27
27
29
27
26
26
25
27
27
26
25
25
25
26
25
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