Kitty Hawk Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
9.3° C
(Which is 5.6°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 5AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)9999999888810989989999956
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148152120979910195696969374739363838373838392525108148
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
W
20
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
SE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
W
50
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
1.22
9:44AM
1.01
10:10PM
1.22
10:34AM
0.95
11:02PM
1.20
11:25AM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
-0.19
3:48PM
-0.20
4:38AM
-0.13
4:38PM
-0.15
5:36AM
-0.06
5:33PM
-0.08
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---7:05-------7:03-------7:01----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--------------------1-
Temp. °C141313121414131212131517202122222119181820866
Feels °C (?)1086711109109111315192021191715141518-2-2-1
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