Hatteras Light House Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.23° N 75.53° W

Hatteras Light House 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 31 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 7PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 26°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SSW by Sun night).

Fri
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
1
SSE
4
1.1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
6
1.5
S
7
1.7
S
7
1.9
S
8
2
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
49
50
65
58
36
23
20
19
19
31
43
37
59
62
69
126
206
311
419
501
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
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
3:08PM0.04m
3:54AM0.04m
3:49PM0.06m
4:27AM0.03m
4:34PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
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
2
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
25
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
27
27
27
28
27
28
28
28
28
28
Feels °C
26
27
28
28
28
26
27
28
28
27
27
25
25
26
28
26
27
26
26
25
26
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