Hatteras Light House surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 Mar 2026 EDT
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Hatteras Light House surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hatteras Light House sea temperature is
11.9° C
(Which is 6.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hatteras Light House today?

The current surf forecast for Hatteras Light House at 5AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SE
0.7
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
S
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)66666610886966668688888810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)956451383636273535404038303029242454806844232331
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
10
NNW
20
SSE
15
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
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)
11:52PM
0.91
12:05PM
0.63
12:41AM
0.87
12:54PM
0.59
1:37AM
0.84
1:54PM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.12
5:58PM
0.09
7:18AM
0.18
6:46PM
0.14
8:22AM
0.22
7:45PM
0.16
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---7:20-------7:20-------7:18----
Sunset------7:04-------7:05-------7:05-
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
262---------------------
Temp. °C221717191819202122222120202121232221222222222222
Feels °C (?)181715191921212121201918202018192019212120191918
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