Hatteras Light House surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
21.2° C
(Which is 4.6°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 6PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)777998889888888888888566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282817191924252526252525323232333425242323376468
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
1.14
6:16AM
0.96
6:43PM
1.13
7:02AM
1.02
7:24PM
1.12
7:42AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
0.10
12:19AM
0.14
12:20PM
0.08
1:00AM
0.11
1:08PM
0.07
1:36AM
0.09
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48
Sunset--7:05-------7:02-------7:01-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192021222222232323232324242423232324242425252525
Feels °C (?)182023232323252526252426262625232323232324232324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hatteras Light House (light winds from the N at Hatteras/Mitchell Field Airport 8 km from Hatteras Light House). 0.8m 8s swell from the E with a 0.2m 14s groundswell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
N
Clean
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