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Oceanic Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 EDT
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Oceanic Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oceanic Pier sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Oceanic Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Oceanic Pier at 10AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)776666664566666687778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88108261615101111204742642519121211910105577
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
ENE
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
1.10
11:27PM
1.41
11:57AM
1.06
12:26AM
1.35
1:01PM
1.04
1:29AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
-0.02
5:15PM
-0.06
6:07AM
0.03
6:11PM
-0.01
7:06AM
0.08
7:12PM
0.05
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:31------
Sunset----7:45-------7:46-------7:46---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121216181919161312101416151515161617202223201919
Feels °C (?)9101415141511875911101112121213161717151415
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