Outer Banks Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
25.1°C
0.8° 

Outer Banks 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 Outer Banks Pier today (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 6PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (25 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun afternoon).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
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1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
ENE
12
3.5
ENE
12
3
ENE
13
3
ENE
13
3.5
NE
12
3.5
NE
12
3.5
NE
13
3
ENE
12
2.5
ENE
12
2.3
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
11
2
ENE
11
2.3
NE
11
2.1
NE
11
1.8
NE
11
1.6
NE
10
1.3
NE
10
1.2
NE
10
1.1
NE
9
0.9
NE
9
0.9
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2647
3262
3280
3090
3761
3823
3916
2521
1920
1485
1114
991
1326
1087
773
513
355
273
192
138
135
Wind (km/h)
50
N
50
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
0
W
10
SSW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:07PM1.22m
7:32AM1.30m
7:48PM1.22m
8:11AM1.35m
8:30PM1.21m
Low Tide
1:09PM0.17m
1:23AM0.11m
1:53PM0.13m
2:00AM0.08m
2:37PM0.10m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
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1
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Temp °C
18
17
18
20
21
20
18
18
17
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
19
21
22
22
22
Feels °C
10
9
10
11
13
12
10
11
10
11
11
12
12
9
10
10
13
16
22
22
21
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