Surf City Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.43° N 77.54° W

Surf City Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Surf City Pier sea temperature is
27.9° C
0.1° 

Surf City Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Surf City Pier today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Surf City Pier at 9PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.5
SSW
4
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.6
SSW
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.2
ESE
8
0.6
S
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
1.2
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
15
11
12
9
9
10
10
10
13
13
13
9
8
8
6
10
22
37
78
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:32AM1.33m
10:00PM1.71m
10:26AM1.36m
10:49PM1.59m
11:21AM1.37m
Low Tide
3:28PM-0.19m
4:21AM-0.14m
4:24PM-0.10m
5:08AM-0.11m
5:20PM-0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
1
Temp °C
30
32
30
29
28
27
27
27
31
32
30
29
28
27
27
27
30
31
30
28
27
Feels °C
33
33
31
31
31
30
30
30
34
33
31
31
32
31
31
31
32
32
31
29
28
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