Outer Banks Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
28.4° C
1.5° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 10PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)--
Afternoon (21 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (21 Jul)5ft (1.5m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 89mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 23°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the NNW by Thu night).

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
4
1.5
S
5
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.8
SSE
8
1.7
S
5
1.6
S
6
0.4
SE
8
0.7
SSE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.7
SSE
6
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
46
115
2
2
53
59
60
76
148
152
18
42
34
33
35
21
16
15
31
Wind (km/h)
35
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
WNW
10
N
10
SSE
20
SW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
2:06AM0.83m
2:46PM1.04m
3:02AM0.80m
3:42PM1.03m
Low Tide
8:25PM0.18m
8:12AM0.13m
9:24PM0.21m
9:04AM0.17m
10:22PM0.23m
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6:01
6:01
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8:15
8:15
8:14
 mm
2
4
3
2
5
4
3
2
3
6
14
19
2
1
Temp °C
29
28
28
27
27
27
27
29
29
28
27
27
27
27
25
23
23
24
24
Feels °C
28
25
25
24
24
24
25
28
28
28
26
26
27
27
27
26
26
25
27
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