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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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (19 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (19 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at The Lighthouse. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Fri 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 15 | SE 9 | SE 15 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 14 | SE 15 | SE 8 | SE 14 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 14 | |
45 | 45 | 46 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 81 | 9 | 50 | 47 | 59 | 8 | 8 | 102 | 8 | 100 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 7 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 9:59AM0.85m | 10:31PM1.29m | 10:57AM0.84m | 11:28PM1.21m | 12:00PM0.83m | 00:28AM1.12m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:52PM-0.15m | 5:08AM-0.08m | 4:51PM-0.08m | 6:05AM-0.04m | 5:54PM-0.01m | 7:03AM-0.01m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | |
— | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | — | 8:04 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 |
24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 15 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 |
45 | 45 | 46 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 106 | 81 | 9 | 50 | 47 | 59 | 129 | 129 | 102 | 120 | 100 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 86 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 13 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | NE 6 |
7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 6 | SE 14 |
10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | S 3 | SSE 9 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 154 | 24 | 27 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 242 | 242 | 0 | 391 | 552 | 563 | 587 | 776 | 242 | 161 | 78 | 748 | 563 | 384 | 293 | 171 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333 | 0 | 126 | 120 |
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