Shit Pipe surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 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
12.0° C
(Which is 8.8°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 5PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)566665556666778888887788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)214042424520131220262728252122235451372827272831
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
15
NNW
10
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48PM
0.94
7:14AM
1.43
7:27PM
0.99
7:51AM
1.44
8:05PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.02
12:30AM
-0.06
1:35PM
-0.02
1:10AM
-0.09
2:10PM
-0.05
1:51AM
-0.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:15-------
Sunset--5:27-------5:27-------5:28-----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------2162------------
Temp. °C1316161514141198763211226876520
Feels °C (?)10101212121276421-3-2-4-3-2-413221-4-7
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