Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today (17 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 1AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 5s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Sunset Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | SSW 3 | S 3 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 10 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 2:20PM0.80m | 4:48AM0.43m | 3:14PM0.72m | 5:05AM0.47m | 4:11PM0.63m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:39PM-0.05m | 9:22AM0.35m | 11:11PM0.04m | 10:36AM0.31m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:27 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Feels °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | — | — | — | — | NW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 3 |
| kJ | 10 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 589 | 1669 | 1172 | 1267 | 1229 | 1487 | 1713 | 1713 | 1713 | 1713 | 1229 | 258 | 1229 | 955 | 1713 | 955 | 265 | 1403 | 239 |
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