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Outer Banks Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 EST
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Outer Banks Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
5.9° C
 (Which is 9.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Outer Banks Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 5AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 29). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
0.8
N
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.6
NNE
1
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
2.4
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
Period(s) (?)591616156766666161717645677889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)158251918128107120515139282129282535154269516742110314022033
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
45
NE
50
NNE
60
NNE
60
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
1.05
4:12PM
0.78
4:53AM
1.09
5:14PM
0.84
5:51AM
1.13
6:10PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
-0.10
10:30AM
-0.03
10:19PM
-0.14
11:29AM
-0.09
11:20PM
-0.19
12:22PM
-0.14
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise----7:05-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset------5:24-------5:25-------5:27-
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------331-
Temp. °C21-1-3-5-4-20-1-1-1-1011232222223
Feels °C (?)-4-7-11-13-14-12-8-6-7-7-7-6-5-4-5-4-4-7-8-8-9-9-11-10
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