Surf City Pier surf break

Surf City Pier surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 EST
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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 7.8°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 1PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)444555567788777999999456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99162828344996138147814427169777778346997
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
10
WNW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
1.26
4:22PM
0.82
4:57AM
1.31
5:09PM
0.85
5:40AM
1.35
5:52PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
0.15
10:06PM
0.06
11:30AM
0.11
10:53PM
0.02
12:11PM
0.06
11:37PM
-0.02
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset----5:21-------5:22-------5:22---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1091214119989834421-1-3-3-146789
Feels °C (?)6478744342-5-4-4-5-6-7-9-8-6-20134
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