Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at S-Turns today (19 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (19 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 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (19 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (19 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at S-Turns. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 53 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 4:50PM0.23m | 3:34AM0.24m | 5:44PM0.23m | 4:35AM0.23m | 6:38PM0.23m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:26PM0.16m | 11:41AM0.12m | 11:36PM0.17m | 12:38PM0.13m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Feels °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 53 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SW 5 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | — | NE 4 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSW 4 | SSE 3 | S 3 | E 7 | ESE 14 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | SW 4 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | NE 4 | NE 4 | E 16 | E 16 | E 6 | E 15 | SE 4 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 14 | E 7 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 2 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | — | S 5 | — | — | — | SSE 3 | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | — | SSW 4 | S 3 | S 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 895 | 514 | 849 | 514 | 572 | 623 | 577 | 524 | 897 | 897 | 897 | 303 | 906 | 906 | 1295 | 2862 | 43 | 1295 | 640 |
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