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North Carolina

Emerald Isle

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

2.5ft

6s period

Swell

SE

130°

Windcross

5 mph

W

Tide

2.1 ft

slack

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

81% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SE

2.8ft

6s

95%

P2 (secondary)

SE

0.6ft

10s

4%

Wind sea

W

0.5ft

2s

not surfable

not surfable

P3 (tertiary)

ESE

0.3ft

13s

1%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellSSE 161°

WindNNW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 41159

Hs5.2 ft

Tp7s

DirSE

Water75°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.5

6s

SE130°

7mphcross

2.1ft↓

5am

2.3

6s

SE132°

9mphcross

1.9ft↓

8am

2.2

6s

SE130°

9mphcross-off

0.3ft↓

11am

2.1

7s

SE127°

9mphcross-off

0.0ft↑

2pm

2.0

6s

SE132°

13mphcross-off

1.9ft↑

5pm

1.9

7s

SE130°

9mphoffshore

2.8ft↓

8pm

1.9

7s

SE129°

10mphcross

1.1ft↓

11pm

1.9

7s

SE128°

7mphcross-off

-0.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.8

7s

SE128°

9mphoffshore

1.1ft↑

5am

1.8

7s

SE127°

8mphoffshore

2.1ft↓

8am

1.7

7s

SE130°

7mphcross-off

0.7ft↓

11am

1.7

7s

SE131°

10mphcross-off

-0.3ft↑

2pm

1.6

7s

SE133°

9mphcross-off

1.4ft↑

5pm

1.6

7s

SE133°

9mphcross-on

3.1ft↓

8pm

1.5

7s

SE134°

5mphcross-on

1.8ft↓

11pm

1.5

7s

SE134°

5mphcross-on

-0.1ft

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