Shit Pipe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.01° N 77.90° W

Issued: 1 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Shit Pipe sea temperature is

28.2° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Shit Pipe today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Shit Pipe at 6PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (16 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s

Table - waves today at Shit Pipe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	S 5	S 5
Wave Graph
kJ	16	15	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	8	10	24	45	95
Wind (km/h)	WSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide	9:47AM1.33m				10:15PM1.71m				10:41AM1.36m					11:04PM1.59m				11:36AM1.37m
Low Tide			3:39PM-0.17m				4:32AM-0.13m				4:35PM-0.10m					5:19AM-0.10m				5:31PM-0.00m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	31	32	30	29	28	28	28	28	31	31	30	28	28	27	27	27	29	30	29	28	28
Feels °C	35	33	31	31	30	31	31	31	33	31	30	30	32	30	30	30	31	31	30	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 13
kJ	16	15	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	3
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13
kJ	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	4	4	3	3	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 7	E 13	—	—	E 9	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	4	—	—	2	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 4	S 2	S 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	S 5	S 5
kJ	1	1	8	13	13	10	7	3	3	6	16	17	12	9	8	8	8	10	24	45	95
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Garbanzo Great Abaco	Garbanzo Great Abaco	Lavallette New Jersey	Strathmere 7th Street New Jersey	Coral Cove Florida - South	Summerville Nova Scotia	Tea Break Amber Coast	Inches Puerto Rico	Summerville Nova Scotia	Summerville Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Peenie Wally Jamaica	Fort Pierce North Jetty Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	East End Grand Cayman	East End Grand Cayman	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Chincoteague Virginia	Coastguard/St Simons Georgia
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	926	839	839	745	645	812	1575	1727	2142	1575	1575	1583	1760	764	1583	1583	1667	1667	573	492	457
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	6

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