Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Issued: 1 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is

28.6° 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 (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 6AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Evening (08 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 33°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Wed morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 8								Thursday 9								Friday 10
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 4	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 10	ENE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	28	32	32	33	42	43	36	35	30	34	29	33	31	30	25	25	25	21	22	24	25	24	21	22
Wind (km/h)	W	NW	NE	NE	ENE	NE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	WSW	SSW	WSW	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross
High Tide	1:34AM0.90m					2:14PM1.11m				2:37AM0.87m				3:17PM1.16m				3:43AM0.87m				4:21PM1.20m
Low Tide			7:47AM0.07m					8:55PM0.15m				8:45AM0.05m				10:02PM0.12m				9:47AM0.03m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—
mm	—	2	2	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	27	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	30	30	30	30	28	27	27	30	32	33	30	26
Feels °C	31	30	27	27	27	26	27	28	29	29	31	33	34	31	29	29	28	27	28	30	32	33	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 8
kJ	28	32	32	33	29	29	29	27	30	34	28	28	28	30	25	25	25	21	22	24	25	24	21	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NNE 6	S 6	S 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	9	13	3	3	4	4	1	35	29	28	29	33	31	18	14	14	15	17	18	15	14	14	14	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 10	ESE 9	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 9	SSE 6	ESE 4	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ENE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	7	3	8	8	3	3	8	33	3	3	3	30	4	3	8	8	18	18	9	17	8	8	8	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	—	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	S 6	S 4	S 4	SW 4	SW 4	W 3	W 3	W 3	—	SSW 2	SSW 3
kJ	—	—	18	33	42	43	36	—	3	3	5	4	3	12	23	39	24	11	6	3	1	—	1	6
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Chicahauk Carolina North	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Green Harbor Massachusetts	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	North End Virginia	Avon Pier Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Outer Banks Pier Carolina North	Outer Banks Pier Carolina North	Brant Rock Massachusetts	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Outer Banks Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Outer Banks Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chodes New Jersey	S-Turns Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	28	11	32	73	74	810	74	60	122	60	32	0	0	811	104	106	28	0	28	0	28	28	375	32
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Shit Pipe	The Point	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras		Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras	The Lighthouse		Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Topsail Island	Chicahauk				Chicahauk	Pelican Watch	Pelican Watch	Chicahauk	Chicahauk	Chicahauk		S-Turns
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1		2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Malibu CAL - LA County	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - The Cove CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	St Augustine Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - The Cove CAL - Ventura	Exiles CAL - LA County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Lunada Bay CAL - LA County	Outside Shoals Maryland	Rincon - The Cove CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	1	1	1	2
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Weld Road New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Barbel Point South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Buchupureo Chile
Rating (10 max)	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	5

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