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The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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 (?)
1.1
N
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)887887775681312129999998889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138373112112012734333388812121211111112
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
10
N
10
W
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
30
SSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.85
2:31PM
0.59
3:17AM
0.87
3:28PM
0.58
4:08AM
0.90
4:20PM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
0.16
8:27PM
0.08
9:55AM
0.15
9:18PM
0.07
10:47AM
0.12
10:08PM
0.05
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--7:09-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset----5:08-------5:09-------5:10---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------27-1--
Temp. °C3334467899910131415141515141412121312
Feels °C (?)-7-5-310222443466779111155643
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