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S-Turns surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 EST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
10.9° C
(Which is 8.4°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 2AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (09 Dec)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (09 Dec)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3
NE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)899999999888888778888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)133614741441124710908567616734993852932021611077836246530021915782614227
Wind
(km/h)
50
NNE
45
NNE
40
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
15
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
50
SW
55
SW
45
WSW
45
W
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
0.16
1:05PM
0.16
2:01AM
0.15
2:09PM
0.16
3:05AM
0.15
3:24PM
0.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
0.04
8:09AM
0.05
8:34PM
0.05
8:59AM
0.05
9:33PM
0.06
9:51AM
0.05
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise---6:58--------7:00-------7:00---
Sunset------4:47-------4:47-------4:47-
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
411---------------------
Temp. °C5567887777109111215151312965665
Feels °C (?)-6-6-3-1244443544254220-3-4-2-2-4
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