8:00 AM-12:00 PM is a maybe at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Wave
2.5 ft ft at 5s from ESE
Wind
3 mph E (variable)
Tide
Falling, 1.8 ft ft
Best window: Wednesday AM, 1-2ft (knee-high), onshore wind.
Why ▸ holding through Wednesday.
The strongest upcoming surf calls across Outer Banks.
8:00 AM-12:00 PM is a maybe at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Wave
2.5 ft ft at 5s from ESE
Wind
3 mph E (variable)
Tide
Falling, 1.8 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM is a maybe at Kure Beach
Wave
2.5 ft ft at 5s from E
Wind
8 mph E (variable)
Tide
Falling, 2.6 ft ft
5:00-9:00 PM is a maybe at Surf City
Wave
2.3 ft ft at 6s from ESE
Wind
7 mph E (variable)
Tide
Falling, 4.3 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM is a maybe at Wrightsville Beach
Wave
2.1 ft ft at 5s from ESE
Wind
6 mph E (variable)
Tide
Falling, 3 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM is probably a skip at Carolina Beach
Wave
1.1 ft ft at 5s from SSE
Wind
9 mph W (unknown)
Tide
Rising, 0.8 ft ft
Nor'easters turn the cape into barrels. S-turns sandbars shift every storm.
Read the guideDawn patrol points, summer south swells, and the grind of Lowers on a Tuesday.
Reefs from Blacks to Big Rock. Fires on WNW groundswell; crowded when it's small.
HB pier, Newport wedge, Trestles. Peaks year-round, offshore in the morning.
Cold water, big power. Mavericks looms; Ocean Beach eats boards and beginners.
Rincon is the winter groundswell magnet. Aguadilla, Domes, Tres Palmas on a NW pulse.
North Shore November through February. Summer south swells wrap to Waikiki's walls.
Heavy, cold, and uncrowded. Indian Beach for intermediates, Short Sands for the rest.
Steamer Lane when a NW fills in. Pleasure Point for glass, Davenport for size.
Rincon lights up on a winter W. Jalama for the brave, C-Street for the rest.
Hurricane season is Christmas. Sebastian and New Smyrna when the Atlantic wakes up.
Manasquan to Cape May. Beach-break barrels when a NE hits and the banks line up.
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