Surf City Pier surf break

Surf City Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 EDT
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Surf City Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Surf City Pier sea temperature is
18.1° C
(Which is 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Surf City Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Surf City Pier at 8AM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Surf City Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)555588888855555776777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282524151611151716192840362921141463701414141414
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
W
25
NNW
25
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
1.77
8:34AM
1.30
9:02PM
1.82
9:22AM
1.25
9:52PM
1.82
10:13AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
-0.19
2:26PM
-0.22
3:28AM
-0.18
3:12PM
-0.21
4:21AM
-0.13
4:03PM
-0.17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:35-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------7:44-------7:44-------7:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322212627262322222222252015121112121217202119
Feels °C (?)242322212524232222222221231410889101014171816
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