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North Carolina

Duck Pier

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.9ft

6s period

Swell

ESE

106°

Windcross

6 mph

SSE

Tide

↑1.6 ft

rising

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

100% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

ESE

2.5ft

6s

84%

P2 (secondary)

ESE

0.9ft

9s

12%

P3 (tertiary)

E

0.6ft

11s

5%

Wind sea

SW

0.4ft

2s

not surfable

not surfable

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellENE 62°

WindWSW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44056

Hs3.0 ft

Tp—

DirESE

Water—

Reading5/14/2026, 5:00:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.9

6s

ESE106°

6mphcross

2.4ft↑

5am

1.9

6s

ESE107°

3mphcross

2.7ft↓

8am

1.9

6s

ESE109°

11mphcross

0.5ft↓

11am

1.8

7s

ESE109°

12mphcross

0.2ft↑

2pm

1.7

7s

ESE108°

23mphcross

2.9ft↑

5pm

1.7

7s

ESE108°

11mphcross-on

3.9ft↓

8pm

1.8

8s

ESE109°

2mphonshore

1.5ft↓

11pm

2.7

6s

ENE57°

6mphoffshore

-0.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

3.1

6s

ENE62°

17mphcross-off

1.7ft↑

5am

1.5

8s

ESE107°

14mphcross-off

3.1ft↓

8am

1.5

8s

ESE106°

10mphcross-off

1.2ft↓

11am

1.6

8s

ESE107°

4mphoffshore

-0.3ft↑

2pm

2.6

6s

ENE66°

11mphonshore

2.1ft↑

5pm

2.2

10s

ENE79°

10mphcross-on

4.3ft↓

8pm

2.8

10s

ENE78°

7mphcross

2.4ft↓

11pm

2.6

9s

ENE76°

7mphcross

-0.3ft

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