The Lighthouse 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.28° N 75.51° W

Issued: 7 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Lighthouse sea temperature is

17.4°C

The Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Lighthouse today (31 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Lighthouse at 11PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (31 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (31 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 31			Sunday 1								Monday 2
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	103	99	111	69	56	55	55	55	52	40	39	33	34	27	36	34	91	99	75
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore 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-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide				00:39AM0.86m				1:17PM1.15m				1:51AM0.88m					2:25PM1.09m
Low Tide		6:48PM0.14m				6:37AM0.11m				7:53PM0.16m				7:52AM0.15m					8:56PM0.15m


	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20
Feels °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	16	16	16	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 14	E 14	E 11
kJ	62	50	43	54	56	55	55	55	52	24	16	25	16	16	15	15	4	4	2
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	—	E 17	E 13	E 16	E 16	E 15	E 15	E 11	E 11	E 14
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	—	6	3	5	5	4	4	2	2	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 17	E 16	E 13	SE 9	E 9	NE 8	E 11	—	E 14
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	5	3	3	2	3	2	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6
kJ	103	99	111	69	54	52	49	42	36	40	39	33	34	27	36	34	91	99	75
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fishermans Island Virginia	48th Street Maryland	Fishermans Island Virginia	Wedge Maryland	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	La Bahia Amber Coast	El Coson North East Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	Shell Island Florida - Gulf	Tea Break Amber Coast	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	La Preciosa Amber Coast	East End Grand Cayman	Okaloosa Pier Florida - Gulf	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Pelican Poles Carolina South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	204	349	204	339	398	398	1795	1869	1816	1113	1780	398	398	398	1816	1861	1168	149	398
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Rating (10 max)																		1
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	3	3	3	3	3			1	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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