The Lighthouse Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.28° N 75.51° W

The Lighthouse 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Lighthouse sea temperature is
27.7° C
0.3° 

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 (02 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Lighthouse at 1PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 02). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (02 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (02 Aug)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 132mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Mon afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Sunday
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
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)
1.1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
0.1
NE
6
0.1
NE
6
2
S
8
2
S
8
2
S
8
2
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.7
S
7
1.8
S
7
1.9
S
8
0.1
E
13
1.5
S
7
0.1
E
13
0.1
E
14
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
64
80
145
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
4
4
29
44
29
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
SW
45
SW
40
SW
45
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:33AM0.92m
10:45PM0.98m
11:16AM0.96m
11:26PM0.93m
12:05PM1.00m
Low Tide
4:27AM0.03m
4:34PM0.08m
5:01AM0.02m
5:23PM0.11m
5:39AM0.02m
6:18PM0.14m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
6:11
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8:04
8:02
8:02
 mm
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
4
4
7
11
1
1
2
17
54
11
2
3
Temp °C
27
27
27
28
28
27
28
27
27
26
26
25
24
26
26
26
25
24
24
24
26
26
26
Feels °C
27
27
25
26
25
24
25
24
24
22
25
22
21
23
24
26
25
25
20
21
25
24
25
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