Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is

27.6° C

Outer Banks Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Outer Banks Pier today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 3PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (16 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	3s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 3	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 4	S 4	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	12	12	12	12	12	8	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	6	12	27	6	6
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			9:35AM1.11m				9:57PM1.22m				10:26AM1.12m				10:45PM1.14m					11:17AM1.12m
Low Tide	3:36AM-0.13m				3:45PM-0.10m				4:22AM-0.11m				4:39PM-0.05m					5:07AM-0.08m				5:34PM0.00m


	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:16	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	24	26	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	29	29	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	27
Feels °C	25	26	29	30	28	28	29	28	28	30	31	31	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	28	27	26	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NNE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	3	7	6	7	6	6	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 15	S 3	S 3	—	E 14	E 14	N 4	N 4	ESE 8	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	E 13	E 13	E 13
kJ	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	4	1	1	—	4	4	1	1	7	2	1	1	3	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	E 16	E 16	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 6	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	1	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	—	4	4	4	—	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	WSW 3	WSW 2	—	S 3	S 3	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 3	W 3	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 2	SSW 3	SSW 3	S 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSW 5
kJ	2	1	1	—	2	8	9	10	7	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	5	12	27	46	66
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Hatchet Bay Eleuthera	Garbanzo Great Abaco	Garbanzo Great Abaco	Robert Moses State Park Long Island NY	Road K Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Tea Break Amber Coast	Inches Puerto Rico	Summerville Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Flagpoles Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Coral Cove Florida - South	Spanish House Florida - North	Spanish House Florida - North	Punta Canoas Caribbean	West End Anegada	Rehoboth Main Delaware	7th Avenue Florida - North	The Mayport Poles Florida - North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	641	641	1173	1051	1051	564	612	641	641	1846	2206	1279	1287	1106	1054	1080	999	999	2816	2199	318	824	816
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	9	7	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	5

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