Cape Hatteras (S-Turns)

Outer Banks, NC, USA

Powerful Outer Banks beach break; East Coast's best swell magnet.

Conditions now
2.1 ftFair
Period
8 s
Swell
NE
Wind
13 kn W

six-week outlook

  1. Sep 27 – Oct 32.4 ftWell below normal
  2. Oct 4–104.1 ftAbove normal
  3. Oct 11–174.1 ftAbove normal
  4. Oct 18–243.9 ftWell above normal
  5. Oct 25–314.3 ftAbove normal
  6. Nov 1–74.3 ftWell above normal

Weekly averages from the ECMWF 46-day ensemble, judged against 10 years of this break's own history — past 16 days no model resolves individual days, so these are week-scale leanings, not a daily forecast.

Open live forecast

Open-Meteo (DWD/GFS wave + weather) · free & open data. Forecast at 35.250, -75.530.