Surf City Pier surf break

Surf City Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 26 Mar 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
13.0° C
(Which is 7.8°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 4PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)666666645555566568888866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33332226262626232442575949312365124154157180277277184187
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:37PM
0.97
3:19AM
1.41
3:52PM
1.03
4:27AM
1.40
4:58PM
1.13
5:26AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.10
8:30PM
0.04
9:54AM
0.08
9:47PM
0.04
10:53AM
0.04
10:56PM
0.00
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:01
Sunset--7:25-------7:25-------7:27-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C2020201918181818232525211398781112107679
Feels °C (?)1917171715161617212222191032103541124
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