Hatteras Light House 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.23° N 75.53° W

Issued: 7 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hatteras Light House sea temperature is

17.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Hatteras Light House today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hatteras Light House at 12PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (31 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Mon night, min 15°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Saturday 31							Sunday 1								Monday 2
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	48	60	70	103	93	99	111	75	63	55	55	55	42	49	47	37	37	36	36	57	61	68	50
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on
High Tide				12:11PM1.22m				00:39AM0.86m				1:17PM1.15m				1:51AM0.88m					2:25PM1.09m
Low Tide		5:29AM0.06m				6:48PM0.14m				6:37AM0.11m				7:53PM0.16m				7:52AM0.15m					8:56PM0.15m


	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20
Feels °C	12	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 15	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7
kJ	48	60	70	64	62	50	43	56	56	55	55	55	23	24	25	25	16	16	15	4	11	2	14
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 17	E 16	E 16	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 17	E 13	E 16	E 16	E 15	NE 15	E 15	E 11	E 11
kJ	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	3	5	5	4	8	4	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 17	E 16	E 13	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 14
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	5	3	—	—	—	—	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	32	60	67	103	93	99	111	75	63	43	42	15	42	49	47	37	37	36	36	57	61	68	50
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Dunkleys Bermuda	Pampas Road Bermuda	Fishermans Island Virginia	Fishermans Island Virginia	Lecount Hollow Massachusetts	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Wedge Maryland	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	La Bahia Amber Coast	Bahia de las Aguilas Caribbean Coast	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Tea Break Amber Coast	Tea Break Amber Coast	Summerville Nova Scotia	Pelican Poles Carolina South	White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Massachusetts	St Andrews State Park Florida - Gulf	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	393	1048	1048	210	210	887	393	345	393	393	1789	1969	393	393	1775	1775	1331	393	888	1111	393	393	125
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Rating (10 max)																							1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	2		3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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