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The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 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
7.0° C
 (Which is 10.6°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 11AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.8
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111101045666777777777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57363635353532185613615017723328428112710653616265535441
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
40
W
20
WNW
25
N
5
NE
25
N
25
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
40
NNE
45
NNE
50
NNE
45
N
40
N
40
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
50
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
1.01
9:20PM
0.92
9:38AM
0.92
10:05PM
0.91
10:19AM
0.82
10:51PM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
-0.18
3:11PM
-0.16
3:28AM
-0.11
3:50PM
-0.11
4:16AM
-0.04
4:29PM
-0.06
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset----5:31-------5:32-------5:35---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----11211--------------
Temp. °C1310129687865555432111358910
Feels °C (?)64350613-4-5-5-5-6-7-8-8-9-8-7-3-3-1-1-2
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