Pelican Watch Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.04° N 77.89° W)

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Pelican Watch surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 EDT

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Pelican Watch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Pelican Watch sea temperature is 28.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pelican Watch today?

The current surf forecast for Pelican Watch at 7AM is: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	6ft (1.8m)	16s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	15s
Evening (19 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	16s

Table - waves today at Pelican Watch. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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)	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	2	2	3	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1539	1131	1297	1634	1799	1828	1822	2475	2475	2643	2438	3111	3590	5246	6201	7292	6861	6863	4648	2745	1793	1202	890	771
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NE	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:44AM 1.08					5:31PM 1.64				5:48AM 1.14				6:28PM 1.67				6:45AM 1.21				7:18PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	10:58PM 0.19				10:34AM 0.03					11:58PM 0.15				11:38AM 0.01				12:50AM 0.10				12:35PM -0.01

		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	27	25	27	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	28	30	30	28
Feels °C (?)	32	30	30	27	28	28	29	30	30	28	27	26	28	27	28	27	25	24	22	23	27	29	30	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pelican Watch (light winds from the NE at BUOY-MBIN7 6 km from Pelican Watch). 1.4m 13s groundswell from the SE with a 1.0m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 17 minutes ago Pelican Watch

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1 h 17 min ago

8 km/h

Clean

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