The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (10 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)101010101010101111111110111111101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52047746841038531431438738036630228525626524536135429644019615715414094
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
35
NNE
40
NNE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.62
2:53AM
0.86
3:25PM
0.67
3:50AM
0.87
4:21PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.23
8:11PM
0.21
9:32AM
0.20
9:19PM
0.19
10:20AM
0.15
10:21PM
0.13
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-6:37-------6:35-------6:33------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:31---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121312131314151616161614121314151515151617171718
Feels °C (?)89710111314131212127568999101214141314
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