S-Turns surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 EDT
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S-Turns surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's S-Turns sea temperature is
15.1° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at S-Turns today?

The current surf forecast for S-Turns at 7AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

Table - waves today at S-Turns. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
1.4
N
0.6
S
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)888666688888888888778467
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55393813612853383635343333333720322828272615782914
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
20
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
WSW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
SE
15
S
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
65
N
50
N
40
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
0.19
10:24AM
0.17
11:34PM
0.19
11:06AM
0.17
12:08AM
0.20
11:53AM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
0.08
5:57PM
0.04
6:30AM
0.08
6:17PM
0.05
7:10AM
0.07
6:26PM
0.05
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:26-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------7:36-------7:37-------7:37-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----1--------------2511
Temp. °C21202019202122232221212021202122222121212110109
Feels °C (?)171616171922212122232220202021212019181718-3-11
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