Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at S-Turns today (17 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for S-Turns at 11PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at S-Turns. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Mon night, min 27°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 37 | 35 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 38 | 37 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | glassy | on | glassy | off |
High Tide | 2:55PM0.22m | 2:13AM0.25m | 3:53PM0.22m | 2:49AM0.25m | 4:50PM0.23m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:03PM0.14m | 10:14AM0.11m | 9:42PM0.16m | 10:55AM0.12m | 10:26PM0.16m | ||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 33 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 37 | 35 | 39 | 41 | 25 | 19 | 39 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 38 | 37 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 12 | S 5 | SSW 5 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 |
| kJ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 14 | SE 13 | SE 13 | ESE 12 | SE 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | SE 5 | E 6 |
| kJ | — | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | W 3 | — | S 5 | — | SSW 4 | — | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | NNE 2 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 |
| kJ | 12 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 1 | — | 19 | — | 18 | — | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 572 | 0 | 577 | 588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 43 | 183 | 7 | 292 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our S-Turns surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest