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North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.9ft

6s period

Swell

ESE

111°

Windcross

6 mph

SSE

Tide

3.1 ft

slack

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

100% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

ESE

2.0ft

6s

66%

P2 (secondary)

ESE

1.1ft

6s

22%

P3 (tertiary)

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellENE 68°

WindWSW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44056

Hs3.0 ft

Tp—

Dir

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.1

6s

ESE106°

4mphcross

3.1ft↓

5am

2.1

6s

ESE107°

6mphcross-off

2.7ft↓

8am

2.1

6s

ESE109°

10mphcross

0.4ft↓

11am

2.0

7s

ESE109°

13mphcross

0.2ft↑

2pm

1.9

7s

ESE108°

18mphcross

3.0ft↑

5pm

1.9

7s

ESE108°

9mphcross-on

3.9ft↓

8pm

1.9

8s

ESE109°

1mphcross

1.3ft↓

11pm

2.7

6s

ENE57°

5mphoffshore

-0.3ft

Fri, May 15

2am

3.1

6s

ENE62°

8mphcross-off

1.7ft↑

5am

1.7

8s

ESE107°

9mphcross-off

3.1ft↓

8am

1.7

8s

ESE106°

12mphoffshore

1.0ft↓

11am

1.7

8s

ESE107°

11mphoffshore

-0.4ft↑

2pm

2.7

6s

ENE66°

10mphonshore

2.2ft↑

5pm

2.2

10s

ENE79°

7mphonshore

4.4ft↓

8pm

2.8

10s

ENE78°

7mphcross

2.3ft↓

11pm

2.6

9s

ENE76°

7mphcross

-0.5ft

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E

0.9ft

9s

13%

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

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