Outer Banks Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 EDT
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Outer Banks Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
23.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Outer Banks Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 3PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (15 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)889888888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)804964121813201289103084083764550343632626523421721624018816512811610310284
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
45
NNE
50
NNE
55
NNE
50
NE
45
NE
35
ENE
25
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
1.19
3:18AM
0.94
3:58PM
1.18
4:27AM
0.98
5:01PM
1.19
5:27AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.19
9:32PM
0.23
9:22AM
0.21
10:36PM
0.21
10:33AM
0.19
11:31PM
0.17
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-------6:45-------6:46-------6:46
Sunset--7:09-------7:07-------7:07-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1334562712------------11--
Temp. °C212120202123232321202121202020202020202019191920
Feels °C (?)161513131519212320171819191919191818191917181820
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Outer Banks Pier (near gales from the ENE at BUOY-ORIN7 10 km from Outer Banks Pier). A 2.8m swell from the ENE

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Actual: 53 min ago

52 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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