Outer Banks Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is
28.5° C
1.6° 

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 (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 1PM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jul)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (20 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 81mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SSE
7
0.3
SSE
7
0.4
NE
4
0.7
S
4
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
1.4
S
5
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.9
SE
8
1.1
SSE
8
0.3
ESE
9
1.7
S
5
1.6
S
5
1.9
S
6
1.7
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
24
16
9
9
6
12
6
6
6
6
6
96
2
2
2
84
135
15
166
136
215
165
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
5
NNE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
W
20
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State
off
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
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:58PM1.08m
1:13AM0.89m
1:51PM1.05m
2:06AM0.83m
2:46PM1.04m
Low Tide
6:37AM0.03m
7:26PM0.13m
7:23AM0.09m
8:25PM0.18m
8:12AM0.13m
9:24PM0.21m
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6:00
6:01
6:01
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8:15
8:15
8:15
 mm
2
1
1
4
9
14
2
2
4
7
4
5
9
2
Temp °C
28
26
27
28
29
27
26
27
26
27
29
30
28
28
28
28
27
28
26
29
27
28
28
Feels °C
30
30
30
32
33
31
26
27
25
28
29
29
25
24
25
26
25
26
26
28
25
24
26
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