Surf City Pier surf break

Surf City Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 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
17.9° C
(Which is 3.6°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 7AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 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
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.7
SW
0.4
ESE
0.5
SW
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)555558858585888888855557
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303032264726262626252413241114171718212839341914
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
30
NNW
25
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.33
8:14PM
1.77
8:34AM
1.30
9:02PM
1.82
9:22AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
-0.16
1:42PM
-0.20
2:37AM
-0.19
2:26PM
-0.22
3:28AM
-0.18
3:12PM
-0.21
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:33----
Sunset------7:43-------7:44-------7:44-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C21202019252828252423212026272623222121222520129
Feels °C (?)2019201924272624232321202524232222212122241475
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