Shackleford Banks Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.67° N 76.60° W)

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Shackleford Banks surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 EDT

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Shackleford Banks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Shackleford Banks sea temperature is 25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Shackleford Banks today?

The current surf forecast for Shackleford Banks at 4AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	11s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	11s
Evening (03 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

Table - waves today at Shackleford Banks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1505	1347	1166	1029	922	988	875	888	675	843	673	543	625	344	276	257	513	149	131	133	643	755	813	862
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:08AM 0.65				6:29PM 0.73				7:00AM 0.71				7:20PM 0.76				7:48AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)		12:04AM 0.17				12:10PM 0.16				12:50AM 0.12				1:07PM 0.11				1:34AM 0.07					2:01PM 0.06

		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23
Feels °C (?)	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	20	20	21	20	19	19	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	21	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Shackleford Banks (light winds from the NE at BUOY-BFTN7 9 km from Shackleford Banks). No surfable waves
1 hour 32 minutes ago Shackleford Banks

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1 h 32 min ago

13 km/h

Offshore

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