Kitty Hawk Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.11° N 75.71° W

Issued: 1 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Kitty Hawk Pier sea temperature is

27.4° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Kitty Hawk Pier today (09 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kitty Hawk Pier at 10AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 34°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 9								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	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	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	NE 7	SSE 8	NE 7	S 7	S 4	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	33	29	28	28	26	48	28	27	19	17	17	13	11	10	23	15	21	23	23	15	12	10	8	17
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	SW	W	WSW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	SSW	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross
High Tide		2:35AM0.83m				3:24PM1.15m				3:43AM0.82m				4:24PM1.22m				4:47AM0.84m					5:25PM1.27m
Low Tide				8:50AM0.00m				10:01PM0.15m				9:49AM-0.02m					11:04PM0.08m			10:49AM-0.05m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—
mm	—	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	25	27	27	28	30	32	32	29	28	27	26	29	33	34	31	30	27	26	25	28	29	32	30	26
Feels °C	28	30	30	32	33	32	32	29	28	28	25	29	33	34	30	31	26	26	25	29	29	34	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	S 4	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	33	24	26	28	15	48	28	27	19	17	17	10	11	8	8	5	8	23	23	15	12	10	8	17
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 7	SSE 7
kJ	29	29	28	27	26	14	18	18	15	14	13	13	8	10	8	9	21	8	8	8	8	8	5	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 8	E 4	E 11	E 11	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 7	S 4	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	W 3	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	3	3	12	4	14	1	2	2	14	17	17	9	9	8	8	7	5	1	2	2	2	1	7	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 3	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	SW 4	WSW 4	W 3	W 3	—	S 7	S 4	W 3	W 3	W 3	W 3	W 3	—	—	NE 2
kJ	—	2	5	6	5	9	27	50	21	14	12	6	2	—	23	15	4	7	8	6	3	—	—	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	North End Virginia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Matunuck-The point Rhode Island	Summerville Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	S-Turns Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	94	99	99	60	78	78	78	203	1	1	1	60	203	203	203	60	60	60	60	60	688	1269	1277	60
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1					1	1	2	2				2	3	1	1	2				2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	2	1	3	1	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	8	5	5	5	4	4	7	6	5	5	5

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