Outer Banks Pier Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / Carolina (12 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.88° N 75.58° W)

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Outer Banks Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 20.1° C
(Which is 2.2°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 4AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	6s
Evening (16 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	6s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	10	10	10	10	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	596	375	328	335	282	279	297	284	385	428	471	496	508	432	374	346	450	505	468	356	340	275	666	725
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:12AM 1.02				4:38PM 1.12					5:08AM 1.09				5:29PM 1.11				5:56AM 1.15				6:13PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10PM 0.20				10:21AM 0.21					11:01PM 0.17				11:21AM 0.19				11:45PM 0.14				12:12PM 0.16

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	17
Feels °C (?)	16	11	9	7	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	6	8	10	11	12	11	11	12	14	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Outer Banks Pier (fresh winds from the NNE at BUOY-ORIN7 10 km from Outer Banks Pier). 1.6m 10s swell from the ENE with a 1.4m 5s windswell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 41 minutes ago Outer Banks Pier

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1 h 41 min ago

32 km/h

NNE

Cross-Shore

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