Kitty Hawk Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.11° N 75.71° W

Kitty Hawk Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kitty Hawk Pier sea temperature is
27.7° C
1.0° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kitty Hawk Pier at 5PM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)--
Afternoon (22 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)4s
Evening (22 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 55mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, calm by Thu night).

Wed
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
8
1.2
S
4
1.5
S
5
1.8
S
6
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.7
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.8
NNE
5
1.1
NE
5
1
NE
5
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
72
52
106
192
18
28
26
33
34
26
18
16
28
41
37
60
48
44
42
40
46
Wind (km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
NW
15
NNE
10
SSW
5
S
5
NE
5
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
3:05PM1.04m
3:15AM0.74m
4:00PM1.03m
4:14AM0.73m
4:48PM1.04m
Low Tide
8:25AM0.20m
9:44PM0.33m
9:16AM0.25m
10:37PM0.34m
10:05AM0.28m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:15
8:14
 mm
5
2
2
1
2
2
5
5
9
13
5
1
Temp °C
30
31
31
28
27
25
26
26
24
23
23
24
23
23
23
24
24
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
29
30
32
26
26
27
28
27
25
25
26
27
27
26
24
23
22
23
23
23
24
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