Surf City Pier surf break

Surf City Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 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
12.6° C
(Which is 7.7°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 10AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
SSW
1.4
S
1.8
SSW
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
E
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)556666788788888884557777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)537498126156244156894017123620109141516371614191919
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
WNW
30
N
20
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
1.15
3:04PM
0.78
3:47AM
1.17
4:09PM
0.84
4:44AM
1.22
5:04PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
0.27
8:50PM
0.20
10:25AM
0.24
9:56PM
0.16
11:14AM
0.18
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---7:24-------7:24-------7:22----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------2-----------------
Temp. °C21212120221564454591316151514131214171616
Feels °C (?)191920181910-1-20201491211121211911141213
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