Outer Banks Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
7.3° C
(Which is 8.1°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 3AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.4
SE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999988899988998988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)818181605857565555415255522424262524142238383726
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
5
ESE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
0
SW
10
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
0.98
12:00PM
0.82
12:29AM
0.93
12:46PM
0.77
1:22AM
0.90
1:40PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
0.05
6:16AM
0.15
6:08PM
0.10
7:05AM
0.21
6:55PM
0.15
8:02AM
0.26
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----7:22-------7:20-------7:18--
Sunset7:02-------7:04-------7:05-------
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
254112---------------1---
Temp. °C222118161616161719191920192021212222212020202124
Feels °C (?)202017171516161718181820191922191918191819181922
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