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Outer Banks Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 EST
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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
8.5° C
 (Which is 7.8°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 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)888888121212121212121111111111444445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)697055332515292828141411111010101010101925252533
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
5
NW
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.01
10:38PM
0.94
10:54AM
0.93
11:28PM
0.91
11:41AM
0.84
12:19AM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
-0.13
4:33PM
-0.13
4:51AM
-0.06
5:16PM
-0.09
5:45AM
0.01
6:00PM
-0.04
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:11-----
Sunset----5:04-------5:04-------5:05---
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14131317191815141211101091011121417181920202019
Feels °C (?)10910141616121186565678914151617181917
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