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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Avalon Pier Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Topsail Island Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	4	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	6	6	11	6	7	8	8
Energy(?)	78	9	48	83	51	36	44	27	27	57	33	50	48	44	48	36	79	14	94	43	207	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:45PM 0.95	9:02AM 1.23		9:19PM 0.98	9:40AM 1.21		11:33PM 0.85	12:07PM 1.00		10:38PM 0.86	11:45AM 0.84		1:58AM 0.24	12:32PM 0.81		12:02AM 0.73	12:31PM 1.10		1:49AM 0.57		2:23PM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)	3:53PM 0.11	2:35AM 0.17		3:31PM 0.17	3:13AM 0.31		6:27PM 0.27		6:20AM 0.23	7:39PM 0.15	4:25AM 0.26	5:20AM 0.18	5:34PM 0.27		6:03AM 0.20			6:08AM 0.49		8:21PM 0.25	7:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	21	22	14	19	19	16	20	19	14	16	17	13	18	17	15	18	17	13	15	16	15	16
Low °C	20	15	13	17	16	14	19	15	13	15	14	13	16	14	13	18	12	12	14	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	21	22	12	19	19	15	20	19	13	15	16	11	18	16	14	18	16	11	14	15	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	4	11	5	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	8	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	16	11	10	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E
Period (s)	3	-	4	5	-	2	-	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	K.O.A Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	58	77	78	76	48	47	10	10	8	62	59	43	61	76	40	14	56	43	44	44	43	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:13AM 0.92				8:44PM 1.02				10:58AM 1.05	12:10PM 0.26			9:16PM 0.86	11:59PM 0.25			9:37AM 1.13				10:40PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)			2:53PM 0.15					5:11AM 0.16			3:31PM 0.17				4:07AM 0.13	5:45AM 0.20				5:10PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	22	21	18	17	15	14	16	17	19	20	19	18	16	13	16	15	20	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	20	22	21	18	16	14	13	15	16	19	20	19	18	15	12	15	15	20	18	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	6	9	9	9	9	9	11	-	10	4	11	10	10	10	3	10	10	10	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.6 NNW	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 NW	0.4 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	3	3	3	2	-	2	-	2	3	5	3	-	-	-	3	-	2	4	-	2	2	3

	Wednesday 22															Thursday 23
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	K.O.A Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	5	11	11	5	11	11	5	12	11	11	5	11	11	10
Energy(?)	81	78	77	77	81	77	16	22	16	67	76	53	80	65	40	11	46	47	23	37	35	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													8:41PM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)																				3:34AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	19	20	20	23	23	22	21	21	22	21	20	20	19	20	16	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	20	20	23	23	22	21	21	22	21	20	20	19	20	15	15	15	14	12
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	11	11	5	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	5	11	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	6	6	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	6	9	4	11	9	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	3	3	-	5	5	6	-	5	6	4	5	3	3	2	2	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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