Outer Banks Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
21.6°C
1.4° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 10PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 99mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun night, min 19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Fri night, strong winds from the ESE by Sat night).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.8
E
8
0.8
E
7
0.9
E
4
1
E
5
1.2
E
5
1.4
E
6
1.7
E
6
1.9
ESE
7
2.4
ESE
8
3
ESE
8
3
ESE
8
2.5
SE
9
2.3
SE
8
2.1
SE
8
2.1
SE
8
2
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
33
32
71
69
27
42
78
137
232
342
672
1093
1125
924
760
599
608
519
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
40
E
40
ESE
50
ESE
40
SE
45
SSE
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
40
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:17PM1.18m
7:41AM1.33m
7:59PM1.15m
8:22AM1.33m
8:38PM1.12m
Low Tide
1:27AM0.04m
2:05PM0.05m
2:05AM0.05m
2:48PM0.08m
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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heavy rain
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mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
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6:35
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6:32
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6:31
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3
8
35
24
15
6
6
1
1
Temp °C
22
22
22
22
22
23
22
22
23
23
21
21
22
22
23
23
23
24
23
Feels °C
21
21
20
19
19
21
19
18
19
19
16
15
19
18
22
21
23
22
21
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