Outer Banks Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.88° N 75.58° W

Issued: 7 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Outer Banks Pier sea temperature is

26.9° 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 (17 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Banks Pier at 2PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (17 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 53mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Friday 17							Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	6	12	6	6	6	6	6	32	42	42	55	42	42
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	NE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	ESE	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	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	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide			10:26AM1.12m				10:45PM1.14m					11:17AM1.12m				11:33PM1.05m				12:07PM1.11m
Low Tide	4:22AM-0.11m				4:39PM-0.05m					5:07AM-0.08m				5:34PM0.00m				5:52AM-0.03m				6:29PM0.07m


	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	10	36
Temp °C	27	27	28	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	29	31	30	26	24
Feels °C	31	32	33	33	31	32	31	30	30	30	29	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	30	34	32	31	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	32	42	42	55	42	42
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	S 3	—	—	—	E 14	E 14	E 10	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12
kJ	4	1	—	—	—	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	—	E 14	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	E 8
kJ	1	4	4	4	4	—	—	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	—	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 2	SSW 3	SSW 3	S 3	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	SW 4	SW 4	WSW 4	SW 4	SW 2	S 3	SSW 3
kJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	5	12	27	47	66	61	40	24	10	3	1	5	10
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	1279	1851	2206	1279	1279	1279	1164	1290	1290	1739	1739	1923	380	274	104	105	105	226	28	28	0	438	167
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Rating (10 max)																		2	1	1	1		2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	7	6	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	5	5

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