Surf Forecasts:
Jennette's Pier surf forecast from 27 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 3 Aug, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period, SE swell with 112 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Jennette's Pier this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Jennette's Pier in the next 16 days are 0.9m 8s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 03) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 4s period and expected on Wednesday (Jul 29) at 2AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Mon 3rd Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Jennette's Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you—it’s a tough stretch ahead for the Outer Banks.
Right now, through the entire 16-day window, there’s just nothing doing. We’re looking at a long, flat spell with only knee-high slop and junk wind. The first sign of any real pulse is a full week away, and even that’s barely a pulse. For the next several days, you’re better off polishing the wax or checking the tide pools. The combined energy is stuck below 100 (49 to start, dropping into the teens and twenties), which is about as weak as it gets.
The only break on the menu is Jennette’s Pier (United States) . It’s a beach-and-jetty setup, exposed to the NE, but the swell just isn’t there. Most of the period we’ve got weak, short-period ESE/SE windswell around 2 ft, rarely cracking 3 ft. The period is short—mostly 7-8 seconds—so there’s no grunt.
If you’re desperate, there are a couple of moments where the wind goes clean. On Wednesday morning, July 29th, a light NNW cross-off breeze cleans up a 2 ft SE swell, but it’s still tiny. Thursday morning, July 30th, same deal with a north wind, clean but small. On Saturday morning, August 1st, glassy conditions with a slight SE breeze, but the swell is a pathetic 0.7 ft.
The only time we see a little bump is on Tuesday afternoon, August 4th, when a 4 ft NE swell rolls in, but the period is a shocking 5 seconds and the wind is cross-onshore, making it a choppy mess. That one is the biggest of the whole run, but it’s poor quality and messy. Any swell over 5 ft is missing here.
The water is a touch cooler than average for this time of year, sitting at 78°F, so a light spring suit might feel good.
Honestly, for paddle surfing, this is a write-off. With the wind and small, weak swell, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The few clean windows are simply too small to bother with.
Hang tight, the forecasts can change.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the E by Wed night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 9 | SE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 33 | 33 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 112 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross | on | cross | glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:54PM1.12m | 7:16AM0.93m | 7:33PM1.14m | 7:56AM0.98m | 8:10PM1.16m | 8:34AM1.01m | 8:46PM1.16m | 9:12AM1.05m | 9:22PM1.14m | 9:48AM1.09m | 9:59PM1.11m | 10:27AM1.12m | 10:39PM1.07m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 12:30PM0.15m | 1:28AM0.14m | 1:14PM0.14m | 2:06AM0.11m | 1:57PM0.12m | 2:40AM0.09m | 2:38PM0.12m | 3:14AM0.07m | 3:18PM0.12m | 3:47AM0.07m | 4:00PM0.13m | 4:20AM0.06m | 4:44PM0.14m | 4:56AM0.07m | |||||||
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 | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — |
 | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — |
mm | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 14 | 3 | 5 |
Temp °C | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
Feels °C | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 16 | 33 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 112 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | N 4 | SSE 4 | NE 7 | N 4 | N 4 | ESE 8 | NE 6 | SSE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | E 10 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | E 8 | — | E 8 | NE 7 | ESE 9 | SSE 7 | — | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | NE 6 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | — | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 2 | SSE 3 | S 2 | S 4 | SSW 4 | WNW 3 | — | S 3 | N 4 | — | SW 3 | NNW 3 | — | — | — | SSE 3 | SSE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 3 | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 34 | 2 | — | 3 | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 258 | 1167 | 501 | 825 | 1051 | 99 | 38 | 197 | 170 | 80 | 187 | 38 | 38 | 543 | 258 | 38 | 702 | 696 | 22 | 856 | 99 |
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