North Carolina Surf

Detailed North Carolina surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in North Carolina. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in North Carolina. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in North Carolina over the next 7 days. Surf photos from North Carolina and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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North Carolina Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the North Carolina Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the North Carolina coastline are also listed below.

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	Wed				Thursday 14			Fri		Sat				Sun		Monday 18			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Avon Pier Carolina North	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chicahauk Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chicahauk Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Avalon Pier Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Oceanic Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE	1.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	1.2 SW	0.8 SE
Period(s)	14	13	17	6	7	7	7	7	8	14	10	15	8	8	13	12	8	11	11	9	19	9
Energy	77	78	91	90	44	59	59	46	78	467	103	1251	54	51	323	234	42	621	421	54	1158	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70		12:01AM 0.55		6:25AM 1.39	6:29PM 1.67		6:46AM 1.24	7:01PM 1.16		7:30AM 0.98	1:42AM 0.45		8:42AM 1.03	2:10AM 0.43		9:13AM 0.99	2:36AM 0.41		10:16AM 1.01	3:02AM 0.40	11:17PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	11:43PM 0.01	12:41PM -0.07		1:40AM -0.04	12:35PM -0.17		6:14AM 0.19	1:29PM -0.20	8:40PM 0.13	2:32AM -0.12		9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09		9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	20	23	20	17	19	17	21	16	24	24	16	17	23	16	17	23	15	22
Low °C	19	22	19	20	17	23	12	12	17	15	18	15	20	19	15	16	21	16	16	21	14	21
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	20	23	20	17	19	16	21	16	24	24	16	17	23	15	17	23	14	22
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	7:09	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	7:11	5:54	-	7:11	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	1.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 SE
Period (s)	14	13	13	6	7	7	7	7	8	14	8	15	8	8	13	12	8	11	19	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 NW	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	17	10	10	6	14	8	9	4	10	-	9	8	-	23	8	4	24	13	19	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	0.5 N	0.3 NW	0.7 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 W	0.2 NNW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	1.2 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	-	3	-	3	4	2	11	11	4	19	4

	Wed	Tue		Wednesday 13			Thursday 14				Wed	Thursday 14								Friday 15
	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Beach Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Cherry Grove Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Surf City Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	14	6	5	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	77	80	60	78	82	76	91	113	170	284	98	90	61	79	44	81	59	64	60	59	79	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							12:01AM 0.55							5:54AM 1.23				6:29PM 1.67				6:31AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	5:32AM 0.33		10:48PM 0.35			6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			11:43PM 0.01				12:40PM -0.07				1:40AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	18	17	20	20	23	20	16	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	18	16	20	20	23	20	15	13	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:04	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	10	10	10	7	10	7	6	4	14	14	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	3	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3

	Wednesday 13	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13	Thu
	4:30AM	4PM	5PM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chicahauk Carolina North	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	17	17
Energy	96	95	77	77	77	80	78	63	60	60	63	78	77	83	82	55	59	76	75	75	91	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					12:01AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32AM 0.33						10:48PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	22	22	22	22	18	20	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	22	22	22	22	18	20	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	10	18	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

North Carolina Surf Breaks

sandbar

beach

beach/jetty

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sandbar

beach/jetty

sandbar

Boilers (Ranger Station)

beach/jetty

sandbar

sandbar

beach

beach and reef

Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras

beach/jetty

beach

beach

beach/jetty

beach

beach/pier

beach

beach

sandbar

beach/jetty

beach/jetty

Ocean Isle Beach/pier

beach

beach/pier

beach/jetty

beach

beach/jetty

sandbar

beach

sandbar

sandbar

beach/jetty

sandbar

beach/jetty

beach/jetty

beach

Beach break, usually best in September, October, and November. Long flat beaches, great sunrises and sunsets.

This 3 block wide area known as sunskipper is very popular. Lately it has been not as great as usual. However there is almost a guarantee that you will pull into a barrel if not also make it out. At lower tides it will sometimes get kind of heavy and blasttastic. At a higher tide it can get kind of difficult to get in due to the rocks that are used to prevent erosion. Other than that it is a long flat beach facing ESE. Like most of the east coast it gets best during the fall because of hurricanes. Since the sandbar is so shallow so quick it is usually a foot or more bigger than most places in carolina beach and especially wrightsville beach. A couple blocks down is the north end pier with a jetty that is also a very fun place to surf but this is more a a longboard wave.

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