Kitty Hawk Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 EDT
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Kitty Hawk Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kitty Hawk Pier sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kitty Hawk Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Kitty Hawk Pier at 10AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

Table - waves today at Kitty Hawk Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)555557566777788778101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)736549231810211521352121141411111011315555585551
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
15
E
25
SE
25
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
5
NE
15
SW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
S
20
SE
25
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.93
11:43PM
1.20
12:15PM
0.90
12:41AM
1.12
1:19PM
0.88
1:49AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
-0.07
5:21PM
-0.03
6:26AM
0.00
6:24PM
0.05
7:29AM
0.06
7:33PM
0.12
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----7:40-------7:42-------7:43---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10109989101213141722251817161615172018192121
Feels °C (?)34343336781117201815131413162014151919
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