Hatteras Light House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it for the Outer Banks, specifically around Hatteras Light House.

To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty flat. The water temp is sitting at 83°F with a small anomaly, running a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, which is nice.

We start off from Saturday the 29th of August with tiny, weak surf. The combined energy is a measly 39 (weak energy) with a 2ft swell from the SE. It's glassy in the morning, but the waves are just too small and weak to bother with. This pattern sticks around for days. We've got a long stretch of hardly anything rideable through the end of August and into the first week of September. Swell heights stay below 3ft, and most of the time the winds are cross-off or cross, but there's just no push.

There's a small blip on Wednesday the 2nd of September. The morning shows a 3ft SE swell with a 10-second period, and the combined energy climbs to 120 (moderate wave energy). The wind is offshore from the WSW at 15 mph, making for clean conditions. Honestly, it's surfable, but still very ordinary. It's a beginner-friendly wave, but nothing to get excited about.

The next week continues the same story. The morning of Monday the 7th of September has a 2ft S swell with a short 6-second period, and 15 mph offshore winds from the W. The energy is still weak at 57. It's just small, weak, and unremarkable. The best looking day in the whole run is Tuesday the 8th of September. The afternoon shows a 3ft SE swell, but with a long 12-second period. The combined energy jumps to 330 (moderate wave energy). The wind is a cross-off from the SW at 12 mph. However, the forecast scores it as marginal due to questionable tide conditions. It's the most energy we'll see, but it's not a sure thing.

After that, the swell tries to pick up a little more around the 10th and 11th, but the winds get nasty. Thursday the 10th of September has a 4ft S swell, but with strong cross-off winds at 22 mph, making it choppy and poor. By Friday the 11th, the wind swings NNE and cranks up to 25 mph, creating a messy cross-shore chop. The wave height is 4ft, but the period is a pathetic 4 seconds. It's a complete write-off unless you're after a kite session.

The final stretch into the second week is just more of the same: small, weak, and blown out by strong onshore winds. The energy levels are low, and the conditions are lumpy. Honestly, there's not a single standout session in this 16-day window. The only thing close is that Tuesday the 8th of September afternoon, but even that's a gamble. We're in a real flat spell here, folks. Forecasts can change, but right now, it's a tough stretch.

Rusty

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