The Lighthouse Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.28° N 75.51° W)

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The Lighthouse surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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 23.3° C
(Which is 2.8°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 5AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s
Evening (14 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s

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

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		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	291	255	249	169	285	269	311	283	396	401	460	517	542	476	516	503	502	453	454	212	182	149	117	93
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNW	NNW	WSW	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:51AM 0.84				1:40PM 1.18				2:00AM 0.80					2:52PM 1.15				3:15AM 0.81				4:01PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				6:51AM 0.08					8:19PM 0.21			8:00AM 0.12					9:32PM 0.22				9:14AM 0.14

		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	6	1	6	4	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	22	21
Feels °C (?)	18	18	17	17	16	17	19	15	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	21	24	26	26	25	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Lighthouse (light winds from the NE at Hatteras/Mitchell Field Airport 11 km from The Lighthouse). A 2.2m swell from the ENE
1 hour 58 minutes ago The Lighthouse

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1 h 58 min ago

19 km/h

Cross-On

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