Surf Forecasts:
Rodanthe Pier surf forecast from 13 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period, ENE swell with 181 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Rodanthe Pier this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Rodanthe Pier in the next 16 days are 1.5m 7s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 19) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Mon 13th Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Rodanthe Pier over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you, the next 16 days at Rodanthe Pier are looking pretty flat and disappointing. There's no real surf to get excited about, just a long stretch of tiny waves and challenging winds. The truth is, for the Outer Banks, these blank runs are pretty normal during the summer months, so don't let it get you down. We'll just have to wait and see if the forecasts change.
Right now, at the pier, the water is a balmy 83° — that's about one and a half degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, so your wetsuit can stay in the truck.
Starting out on Sunday, July 12th, we've got a feeble 1ft of swell pushing in from the ESE at a short 10 seconds. Combined energy is a weak 58. With a cross-onshore wind, the texture is just choppy. Total dud. Monday July 13th is even worse – heavy rain and strong onshore winds of 22 mph are going to make a mess of 5ft of junky, short-period E swell (energy at 196). It's just a washing machine out there. The rest of the first week is all sub-3ft junk. Tuesday morning July 14th shows a tiny 3ft with a 6-second period, cross-onshore again. On Wednesday July 15th, the wind turns offshore from the WSW in the morning, which is lovely, but with only 2ft of E swell (energy 46), it's just a session for the loggers to nose-ride ankle-biters. The pattern for the next several days is the same: clean conditions from offshore or cross-off winds, but next to no swell.
The kicker is that all the way from Sunday, July 19th through to the very end of the outlook on Monday, July 27th, every single reading is "poor surf conditions" with a score of 0. The swell barely touches 2ft. The strongest energy we see in that whole second week is a measly 33 on July 24th. The winds do go clean and cross-off at times, but without any swell to work with, there's just nothing to ride. So yeah, a long stretch of flatness ahead, folks.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 23°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Mon morning, calm by Wed morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | NNE 4 | ENE 4 | E 4 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 13 | E 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 181 | 176 | 152 | 107 | 60 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:29PM0.23m | 9:30AM0.19m | 10:18PM0.23m | 10:37AM0.19m | 11:09PM0.24m | 11:38AM0.19m | 00:01AM0.24m | 12:34PM0.19m | 00:52AM0.24m | 1:30PM0.18m | 1:41AM0.24m | 2:31PM0.18m | 2:25AM0.24m | 3:37PM0.19m | |||||||
Low Tide | 4:54AM0.12m | 4:53PM0.09m | 5:55AM0.10m | 5:50PM0.09m | 6:51AM0.10m | 6:39PM0.09m | 7:44AM0.09m | 7:24PM0.09m | 8:34AM0.09m | 8:06PM0.09m | 9:23AM0.09m | 8:49PM0.10m | 10:09AM0.09m | ||||||||
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 | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 6:00 | — |
 | 8:19 | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 |
mm | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
Feels °C | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | SSW 5 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | S 7 | E 4 | E 4 | E 8 | SE 7 | E 13 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SW 5 | — | SW 5 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | — | E 16 | — | E 15 | — | — | — | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NNE 4 | SE 6 | E 13 | E 9 |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 15 | — | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 17 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 | ESE 8 | — | E 9 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | — | — | — | — | SW 3 | SW 3 | S 3 | SW 3 | — | NNE 4 | ENE 4 | SE 4 | S 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | 181 | 176 | 152 | 107 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 8 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 423 | 152 | 152 | 145 | 304 | 533 | 3 | 3 | 593 | 397 | 1308 | 850 | 975 | 1014 | 1014 | 1014 | 1305 | 1757 | 529 | 330 | 141 |
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