Outer Banks Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
26.5° C
0.4° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 8AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
6
0.4
ESE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.9
S
4
0.4
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
38
39
31
19
11
13
11
11
20
26
34
28
23
52
53
67
62
59
44
77
35
28
22
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:10AM0.91m
1:50PM1.17m
2:15AM0.88m
2:58PM1.18m
3:26AM0.88m
4:08PM1.20m
Low Tide
7:18AM0.10m
8:36PM0.20m
8:22AM0.10m
9:47PM0.18m
9:31AM0.09m
10:55PM0.13m
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:01
8:00
8:00
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
27
26
26
27
28
28
27
27
26
26
26
27
28
28
27
26
26
25
25
27
29
28
27
26
Feels °C
29
28
28
29
28
29
28
29
28
28
29
29
29
28
27
26
26
26
27
28
29
27
27
26
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