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The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA
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The Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Lighthouse sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at The Lighthouse today?
The current surf forecast for The Lighthouse at 8PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 30). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (30 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Evening (30 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at The Lighthouse. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 87mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri night, min 11°C on Sun morning). Mainly near gales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | Sun 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 9 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | E 9 | NNE 6 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | |
118 | 151 | 149 | 178 | 133 | 127 | 98 | 100 | 74 | 148 | 111 | 85 | 83 | 108 | 183 | 80 | 140 | 112 | 73 | 202 | 100 | 138 | 122 | 104 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 7:39PM1.10m | 7:54AM0.80m | 8:15PM1.12m | 8:32AM0.77m | 8:51PM1.11m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:10PM-0.01m | 2:06AM0.02m | 1:44PM0.01m | 2:45AM0.02m | 2:18PM0.03m | 3:24AM0.04m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | |
— | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | 7:49 | |
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | N 5 | ENE 9 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 |
118 | 151 | 149 | 178 | 133 | 127 | 98 | 100 | 74 | 148 | 111 | 85 | 83 | 108 | 106 | 2 | 84 | 112 | 58 | 50 | 100 | 138 | 122 | 104 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | N 5 | E 9 | ESE 9 | E 9 | E 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | S 8 | S 8 |
8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 73 | 49 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 41 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | — | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | E 11 | — | — | E 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — |
4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 71 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 2 | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | — | — | — | NE 4 | NE 5 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | — | — | — | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 5 | SE 5 | S 6 | NNE 4 | NNE 6 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 |
3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 41 | 41 | 56 | — | — | — | 94 | 183 | 80 | 140 | 190 | 25 | 202 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 10 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 129 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 67 | 126 | 149 | 411 | 204 | 186 | 120 | 814 | 239 | 172 | 126 | 6 | 0 | 411 | 782 | 415 | 126 | 126 | 126 | 126 |
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