The Lighthouse Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.28° N 75.51° W)

Surf Forecasts:

The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 EST

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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 15.5° C
(Which is 5.9°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 5PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Evening (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

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

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	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
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	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	34	21	13	13	13	13	7	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	SE	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	WNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:26PM 0.85				5:50AM 1.10				6:04PM 0.83				6:25AM 1.12				6:41PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)		11:36AM 0.14				11:20PM 0.10				12:17PM 0.12				11:54PM 0.10				12:56PM 0.11				12:28AM 0.10

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	14	16	18	19	20	18	17	16	14	14	14	14	15
Feels °C (?)	3	4	6	6	8	9	7	7	9	10	10	10	11	13	15	16	15	15	12	9	9	10	11	12

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