North Carolina Surf

North Carolina Surf Forecast

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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	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avon Pier Carolina North	Mason s Inlet Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.0 S
Period(s)	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	7
Energy	81	96	59	37	21	73	193	132	273	92	152	84	67	58	177	114	103	195	353	547	81	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.98		6:00AM 0.81	7:28PM 1.03		7:44AM 0.65			8:10AM 1.19		8:47PM 1.91	9:36AM 0.68		10:11PM 1.05	10:33AM 0.69		11:02PM 1.43	11:31AM 0.70		11:58PM 0.93	11:54AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)		1:21AM -0.02	11:56AM -0.16		2:18AM -0.06	1:53PM -0.16		2:16AM -0.22	1:56PM -0.25		3:14AM -0.14		3:45PM -0.16	4:58AM -0.09		3:32PM -0.09		5:51AM -0.08	5:41PM -0.07		5:51AM -0.12	5:41PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	1	3	-	-	21	-	-	7	1	2	5	36	22	2	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	27	26	25	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	24	21	21	22	23	25	25	26	26	28	28
Low °C	26	23	24	26	26	26	27	23	24	28	24	23	20	20	21	22	24	24	26	26	25	27
Chill °C (?)	27	26	25	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	24	21	21	22	23	25	25	26	26	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	8:20	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	9	6	5	5	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	14	14	14	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	7	9	9	8	-	-	5	8	8	9	8	7	5	7	16	15	7	8	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	-	0.3 E	-	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	-	2	-	5	6	4	7	6	6	-	3	-	-	7	6	6	6	7	4	7

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	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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras 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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Avalon Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 SSE
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	8
Energy	47	48	81	106	43	96	125	176	59	37	37	29	27	21	25	32	73	116	193	278	163	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 0.98				6:00AM 0.81				7:28PM 1.03				7:44AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)		12:04PM -0.09				1:21AM -0.02	4:05AM 0.12			12:58PM -0.13					2:18AM -0.06			1:53PM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	12	8
Temp. °C	28	27	26	26	24	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	23	23
Chill °C (?)	28	27	26	26	24	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	2	3	3	-	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	4

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	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	Atlantic Beach 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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North	S-Turns Carolina North
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Energy	50	53	47	46	50	48	62	72	81	81	95	106	44	44	43	40	41	96	42	44	125	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)											6:33PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)					12:04PM -0.09												12:29AM -0.03	1:21AM -0.02			4:05AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	24
Chill °C (?)	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	24
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

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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