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North Carolina

Carolina Beach

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

📹 Carolina Beach — via SurfChex

Face

2.0ft

7s period

Swell

ESE

122°

Windcross

4 mph

WSW

Tide

4.0 ft

slack

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

81% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

ESE

3.0ft

7s

96%

P2 (secondary)

ESE

0.6ft

10s

4%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellN 5°

WindS offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

No nearby buoy.

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.0

7s

ESE122°

6mphcross

4.0ft↓

5am

1.9

7s

SE124°

9mphcross

3.6ft↓

8am

1.6

7s

ESE116°

9mphcross-on

0.6ft↓

11am

1.6

6s

SE125°

10mphcross

0.1ft↑

2pm

1.6

6s

ESE123°

12mphcross

3.7ft↑

5pm

1.5

7s

ESE121°

9mphcross-on

5.4ft↓

8pm

1.5

7s

ESE120°

9mphonshore

2.1ft↓

11pm

1.5

7s

ESE120°

11mphonshore

-0.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.5

7s

ESE121°

8mphonshore

2.2ft↑

5am

1.4

7s

ESE121°

7mphonshore

4.0ft↓

8am

1.4

7s

ESE117°

6mphonshore

1.3ft↓

11am

1.3

7s

ESE120°

0mphcross

-0.5ft↑

2pm

1.3

7s

ESE122°

10mphoffshore

2.7ft↑

5pm

1.2

7s

SE124°

7mphoffshore

5.8ft↓

8pm

1.2

7s

SE125°

5mphcross-off

3.5ft↓

11pm

1.2

7s

SE125°

5mphoffshore

-0.2ft

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