Surf report · North Carolina

Cape Hatteras surf report

Cape Hatteras on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has exposed beach breaks around Buxton and the lighthouse, open to swells from the north-east round to the south. Here are the nearest buoys and tide station, with their latest readings.

35.250° N, 75.522° WNorth Carolina buoys

Buoy nearby

22 km away

Cape Hatteras East, NC

NOAA National Data Buoy Center

Updated Fri 13:56

Wave height4.3 ft8s · ESE 110°

Energy212 kJ

Water68.2 °F

6.2 ft
@8s

5.9 ft
@7s

6.2 ft
@8s

5.9 ft
@8s

5.6 ft
@7s

5.2 ft
@8s

6.2 ft
@8s

5.9 ft
@8s

5.6 ft
@8s

6.2 ft
@8s

5.9 ft
@9s

5.6 ft
@8s

6.6 ft
@8s

5.9 ft
@8s

5.6 ft
@8s

5.9 ft
@8s

5.6 ft
@8s

5.2 ft
@8s

5.6 ft
@9s

5.2 ft
@8s

5.6 ft
@8s

5.2 ft
@9s

4.9 ft
@9s

5.2 ft
@8s

4.9 ft
@8s

4.6 ft
@9s

4.6 ft
@8s

4.6 ft
@9s

4.6 ft
@8s

4.3 ft
@9s

4.6 ft
@9s

4.3 ft
@8s

4.3 ft
@9s

3.9 ft
@8s

3.9 ft
@7s

4.3 ft
@8s

3.9 ft
@8s

4.3 ft
@8s

Tide nearby

1.9 km away

Cape Hatteras

Predicted tides · NOAA Tides & Currents

Today · heights above MLLW

Tide now2.1 ftFalling

Today high and low tides, heights above MLLW
Low	04:29	0.0 ft
High	11:10	4.2 ft
Low	17:46	0.3 ft
High	23:33	2.9 ft

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Tide stations

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Buoy Data: NOAA National Data Buoy Center · Tide Data: NOAA Tides & Currents