The Lighthouse Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.28° N 75.51° W

The Lighthouse 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Lighthouse sea temperature is
28.8° C
1.6° 

The Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Lighthouse today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Lighthouse at 4PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

Table - waves today at The Lighthouse. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 28°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
24
24
24
18
34
11
11
17
17
17
18
21
22
21
21
21
20
20
20
19
18
17
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SW
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:18PM0.96m
2:25AM0.68m
3:19PM0.96m
3:28AM0.67m
4:18PM0.97m
Low Tide
7:27AM0.19m
8:55PM0.31m
8:22AM0.22m
10:00PM0.32m
9:22AM0.22m
10:57PM0.30m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:44
7:42
 mm
1
1
2
6
1
1
3
1
4
2
1
2
2
Temp °C
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
Feels °C
31
31
31
31
30
30
30
30
31
33
33
33
32
31
31
29
32
30
30
30
29
28
28
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