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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North Carolina Wavefinder

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	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	81	78	74	57	50	51	50	66	66	56	80	92	74	76	80	85	114	61	80	64	60	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:39PM 1.06	8:24AM 1.06		9:30PM 1.08	9:19AM 1.04		10:23PM 1.06	10:10AM 0.98		10:57PM 1.63	11:16AM 0.99		12:14AM 1.37	12:18PM 0.99		12:27AM 1.11	1:11PM 0.71		2:16AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)	1:26PM -0.03	2:15PM -0.14	3:26AM -0.10		3:05PM -0.15	4:19AM -0.10		3:57PM -0.14			4:53PM -0.11		5:20AM 0.06	5:52PM -0.06		6:18AM 0.10	6:55PM -0.01		7:05AM -0.08	7:09PM 0.26	8:04PM 0.05	9:02AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	16	3	29	8	-
High °C	20	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	24	24	24	26	24	23	23	25	16	17
Low °C	19	22	21	20	23	21	21	22	22	21	23	22	20	23	22	22	24	21	23	21	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	24	24	24	26	24	23	23	25	14	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	6	-	-	8	17	13	13	10	15	15	15	14	15	14	6	14	13	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 NNE	1.7 NE
Period (s)	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	-	-	3	3	4	5	5	-	5	4	4	6

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Boilers (Ranger Station) Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	46	72	76	51	81	60	78	81	85	74	95	79	57	57	50	48	50	51	47	41	50	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:52AM 0.59					8:39PM 1.06				8:24AM 1.06				9:30PM 1.08				9:19AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			2:33AM -0.08				2:15PM -0.14				2:29AM -0.23				3:05PM -0.15				3:27AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	19	19	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	23	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	19	19	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	6	6	9	-	-	-	-	15	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	56	55	46	53	67	72	75	75	76	52	89	80	80	80	81	80	61	60	63	78	78	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)												7:30AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)							2:33AM -0.08												2:15PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	-	3	3	2	2	2	2	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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