Shit Pipe surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 EST
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Shit Pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shit Pipe sea temperature is
11.7° C
(Which is 9.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shit Pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Shit Pipe at 9AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)78899998999910101010999101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272830385049494849494953858685817876598011094115113
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
5
E
10
ENE
0
ENE
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
1.43
8:44PM
1.09
9:04AM
1.40
9:24PM
1.13
9:42AM
1.34
10:07PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
-0.10
2:44PM
-0.07
2:32AM
-0.10
3:17PM
-0.09
3:16AM
-0.08
3:53PM
-0.10
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise--7:15-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset----5:29-------5:30-------5:30---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C5325654456912131415131212111515141414
Feels °C (?)0-3-501-1-2-20159101314109871211101011
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