Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Issued: 1 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is

28.3° 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 (07 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 4PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (07 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (07 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu night, min 24°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).
	Tue 7					Wednesday 8								Thursday 9								Fri 10
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	31	31	31	29	28	28	28	33	42	43	53	51	53	65	67	65	86	80	82	67	59	46	45	32
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WNW	NNW	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide		1:16PM1.08m				1:34AM0.90m					2:14PM1.11m				2:37AM0.87m				3:17PM1.16m				3:43AM0.87m
Low Tide				7:49PM0.17m				7:47AM0.07m					8:55PM0.15m				8:45AM0.05m				10:02PM0.12m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—
	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	8:21
mm	1	3	2	5	7	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	29	29	30	27	26	25	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	29	30	31	32	30	29	27	27
Feels °C	32	32	30	31	30	30	28	25	25	26	26	27	29	28	28	31	33	32	31	32	30	28	27	27
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8
kJ	31	31	31	29	28	28	28	28	33	29	29	35	53	65	67	65	86	80	82	67	59	46	45	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	NNE 7	NE 7	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 4	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8
kJ	7	8	4	5	7	5	8	8	3	4	3	33	35	29	30	6	15	14	14	14	14	27	20	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 6	NE 7	SSE 6	S 5	E 13	E 13	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 10	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 9	SE 4	SSE 7	—	—	ESE 10	ESE 9	S 4	ESE 10
kJ	—	1	2	4	2	3	3	8	8	3	3	17	12	1	3	16	2	9	—	—	9	7	3	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 3	S 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	—	—	S 7	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	W 4	W 3
kJ	—	—	—	3	3	14	20	33	42	43	53	51	5	7	8	—	—	—	22	23	44	21	6	6
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	277	32	32	547	2745	549	32	32	60	74	74	690	164	73	60	298	298	0	0	0	60	24	28	104
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Mason s Inlet	Topsail Island	Shit Pipe				K.O.A	K.O.A	Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Shit Pipe		Shackleford Banks	Hatteras Light House	Hatteras Light House			Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Chicahauk	Corolla Lighthouse	Chicahauk	Chicahauk
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	7	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	5	5	6

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