Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is

28.4° 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 (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Evening (21 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 92mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue night, calm by Thu night).
	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	S 5	S 5	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	S 5	S 6	S 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SSE 6	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	10	10	74	119	2	2	68	74	78	88	126	171	192	27	26	33	34	18	16	15	27
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	NNE	ENE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide				1:51PM1.05m					2:06AM0.83m				2:46PM1.04m				3:02AM0.80m				3:42PM1.03m
Low Tide		7:23AM0.09m					8:25PM0.18m				8:12AM0.13m				9:24PM0.21m				9:04AM0.17m				10:22PM0.23m


	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:14	—
mm	2	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	3	2	—	—	—	4	4	15	46	11	—
Temp °C	27	27	29	30	29	28	27	27	27	27	29	30	28	28	27	27	27	27	25	23	22	22	23
Feels °C	29	28	30	29	27	25	23	24	24	25	28	29	26	27	25	26	27	27	28	24	23	23	26
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	NNE 5	N 5
kJ	6	6	10	10	7	2	2	2	68	74	78	88	16	19	18	27	26	33	34	18	12	9	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	SSE 5	—	—	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 7	SE 7	SSE 7	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7
kJ	1	2	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	11	15	25	16	16	15	27
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	—	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 6	—	S 7	N 5	SE 5	—
kJ	2	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	4	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 3	S 3	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 5	S 4	SSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 3	W 3	W 3	WSW 3
kJ	3	4	8	13	74	119	155	149	80	68	48	25	126	171	192	85	36	28	11	3	8	6	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	858	824	866	1066	1066	1066	1066	1066	263	263	105	105	318	27	27	105	104	104	28	27	0	60	164
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Rating (10 max)														1	1				1	1	1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	7	9	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	9

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