Kitty Hawk Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.11° N 75.71° W

Kitty Hawk Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kitty Hawk Pier sea temperature is
26.3° C
0.3° 

Kitty Hawk Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Kitty Hawk Pier today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kitty Hawk Pier at 10AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
31
24
19
21
11
11
18
20
33
34
28
29
50
53
67
62
45
44
43
35
23
22
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:54PM1.17m
2:11AM0.85m
3:03PM1.20m
3:26AM0.85m
4:10PM1.23m
Low Tide
7:25AM0.09m
8:38PM0.27m
8:26AM0.10m
9:47PM0.24m
9:32AM0.09m
10:51PM0.19m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:02
8:01
8:00
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
27
29
30
28
27
27
26
25
27
29
30
27
27
25
25
25
27
30
31
28
26
Feels °C
29
29
31
31
30
28
28
28
28
28
30
33
30
26
26
24
25
25
27
31
32
27
25
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