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The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA
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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
20.2° 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 5PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (01 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (01 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at The Lighthouse. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri night, min 12°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the N on Sat afternoon, light winds from the E by Sun afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 1 | Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Mon 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ESE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | E 9 | SSE 5 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 6 | NNE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | |
74 | 183 | 140 | 109 | 113 | 183 | 59 | 77 | 40 | 71 | 75 | 89 | 47 | 62 | 86 | 70 | 54 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 13 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 8:15PM1.12m | 8:32AM0.77m | 8:51PM1.11m | 9:08AM0.74m | 9:28PM1.09m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:44PM0.01m | 2:45AM0.02m | 2:18PM0.03m | 3:24AM0.04m | 2:52PM0.05m | 4:04AM0.07m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | |
— | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | |
— | — | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | S 5 | S 5 | E 9 | S 5 | E 9 | E 9 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | E 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 |
74 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 2 | 136 | 59 | 36 | 34 | 46 | 75 | 35 | 44 | 62 | 86 | 70 | 54 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 13 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 5 | SSW 6 | NNE 5 | N 5 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 6 | SE 7 | NE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SSE 7 | S 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 6 | SSE 6 |
2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 40 | 25 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 9 | SE 7 | SSW 6 | — | SE 9 | N 5 | SE 9 | E 9 | E 8 | — | — | SE 7 | SE 7 | NE 6 | S 8 | SE 8 | — | SE 8 | NE 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 65 | — | — | 14 | 19 | 14 | 55 | 10 | — | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | E 10 | E 9 | — | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | N 3 | N 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 4 | N 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | — | — | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SW 4 | SW 4 |
34 | 183 | 140 | — | 113 | 183 | 39 | 77 | 4 | 23 | 74 | 89 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 36 | 10 | 9 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 384 | 186 | 281 | 281 | 208 | 126 | 171 | 29 | 120 | 431 | 431 | 126 | 129 | 129 | 126 | 126 | 126 | 0 | 6 | 293 | 606 | 582 | 748 | 867 |
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