Outer Banks Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 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
3.4° C
(Which is 11.7°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 6AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
NE
0.9
NE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.6
ENE
1
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.1
SE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)1212121178888887776677345567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15814213723792175133136103896743291966777348013477123
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
10
NNW
5
E
20
SSE
25
SSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
30
E
35
E
40
E
45
ESE
25
SSW
60
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
1.08
9:01AM
1.04
9:24PM
1.10
9:44AM
0.98
10:11PM
1.10
10:32AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
-0.10
3:14PM
-0.11
3:49AM
-0.07
3:56PM
-0.10
4:41AM
-0.03
4:43PM
-0.08
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset------5:47-------5:49-------5:50-
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
1------------------712611
Temp. °C1511111216182122201713121211101091010891093
Feels °C (?)1391191215192016128897664540114-11
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