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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	Sun		Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sun
	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	Beauregard Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Boilers (Ranger Station) Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	S-Turns Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	K.O.A Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	1.5 N	1.0 NNE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	4	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	6	9	9	5	8	8	10	7	6	10	10	4
Energy(?)	62	242	118	96	15	223	128	34	12	15	148	17	15	34	25	14	49	143	99	26	50	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:09PM 1.00		5:04AM 1.68	5:26PM 1.47		9:07AM 0.24	5:56PM 0.87		6:22AM 1.76		7:04PM 1.44	7:19AM 2.01		9:38PM 0.98	10:09AM 1.22		8:47PM 1.04	9:50AM 1.09		10:05PM 0.65	10:04AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 0.02	11:17AM 0.01		11:20PM -0.05			11:56PM -0.19		1:04PM -0.10	12:53AM -0.16		4:15PM -0.00		4:21AM -0.11	3:43PM -0.04	2:40AM 0.01		4:38PM -0.00			4:48PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	3	2	1
High °C	19	20	15	15	16	13	14	15	18	19	19	20	18	20	22	22	21	20	23	23	21	21
Low °C	18	19	15	15	11	12	13	15	16	18	15	17	17	16	21	21	20	20	22	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	14	14	16	11	14	15	18	19	18	20	18	20	22	22	21	20	23	23	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	4	9	9	4	4	10	7	6	5	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	9	14	9	7	-	-	15	9	4	-	8	8	6	11	11	5	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.7 SE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 N	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	-	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	4	6	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	3	6	-	2	5	4	4	6	-	-	-	6	4

	Sunday 02			Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Apache Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Boilers (Ranger Station) Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.2 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 NNE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	4	9	4	5	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	9	9
Energy(?)	25	47	73	56	92	531	262	234	96	67	48	40	12	21	13	47	145	48	47	53	53	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:06PM 0.82								5:26PM 1.47					7:31AM 1.17			6:45PM 0.83				6:32AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				10:36PM 0.03				11:09AM -0.05				11:09PM -0.06	1:53AM -0.05							12:25AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	3	3	12	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	15	15	19	17	16	17	15	16	13	13	11	13	15	14	14	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	14	15	19	16	15	16	14	15	11	11	9	11	14	13	14	15	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.2 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 NNE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	4	5	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	10	8	10	10	-	-	5	-	10	10	9	9	5	6	7	8	7	7	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Sunday 02										Monday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Carolina	Apache Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Apache Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Boilers (Ranger Station) Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 E	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	4	4	4	8	10	5	4	4	5	5	8	8	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	26	30	62	64	62	105	112	93	85	75	54	83	20	23	19	262	429	199	199	241	341	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:36PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)										10:36PM 0.03			1:05AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	10	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	17	16	15	15	13	13	13	17	18	16	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	16	17	17	19	20	20	20	17	16	14	15	12	12	12	16	18	15	14	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 E	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	10	-	-	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	11	-	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	4	8	10	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	2	5	5

North Carolina Surf Breaks

sandbar

beach

beach/jetty

sandbar

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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