
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kitty Hawk Pier today (26 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Kitty Hawk Pier at 11PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
| Evening (26 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Kitty Hawk Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 72mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 25 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:22PM1.08m | 6:47AM0.81m | 7:04PM1.11m | 7:29AM0.85m | 7:42PM1.14m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:04AM0.23m | 12:35PM0.24m | 1:40AM0.17m | 1:19PM0.20m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 8:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:10 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 49 |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 23 |
Feels °C | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 |
16 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 25 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 |
35 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | S 5 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 3 | SSE 3 | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 3 | S 5 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 177 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 99 | 276 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 646 | 1186 | 1 | 1191 | 806 | 481 | 203 | 60 | 60 | 1186 | 1186 | 241 | 241 |
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