Kitty Hawk Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 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
13.8° C
(Which is 3.2°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 2AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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 (?)
0.5
E
1.1
S
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)959888888888888888777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)405038242222222625242023232322222222181011111313
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
5
S
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
SE
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WNW
50
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
1.26
7:53AM
1.04
8:14PM
1.32
8:39AM
1.03
9:01PM
1.34
9:27AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
-0.19
1:56PM
-0.19
2:42AM
-0.22
2:39PM
-0.21
3:31AM
-0.20
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:24--
Sunset7:37-------7:37-------7:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282321201919222422222222212019191821222120212210
Feels °C (?)2520171716172124191920212118171616191818161820-1
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