North Carolina

Nags Head Pier

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1.5Updated 37 min ago

Nags Head Pier is a surf spot in North Carolina. It faces northeast, and its optimal swell direction is northeast. Offshore winds blow from the southwest.

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Swell height

2.6ft

Model estimate

7s period

Swell

ENE

71°

Windcross-off

12 mph

SSW

Tide

3.0 ft

slack

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 71% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

Wind sea

3.0ft

not surfable

P1 (primary)

ENE

1.5ft

71%

P2 (secondary)

1.0ft

27%

P3 (tertiary)

0.3ft

15s

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach (unverified)

Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellENE 66°

WindWSW offshore

Tide—

Breakbeach (unverified)

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44086

Hs3.6 ft

Tp4s

DirS

Water72°F

Reading10/17/2026, 2:30:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.6

E93°

11mphcross-off

2.9ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.3

SE130°

24mphcross

2.1ft↓

5am

2.8

SE130°

27mphcross-on

1.8ft↑

8am

4.3

10s

SE124°

36mphcross-on

3.0ft↑

11am

6.2

13s

E86°

41mphcross

3.6ft↓

2pm

6.7

S178°

40mphcross

2.6ft↓

5pm

8.4

SSE153°

35mphcross

1.7ft↑

8pm

9.4

E82°

33mphcross

2.2ft↑

11pm

10.3

E94°

34mphcross-on

2.9ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

11.0

10s

E93°

33mphcross-on

2.4ft↓

5am

11.6

11s

E94°

32mphcross-on

1.9ft↑

8am

12.3

11s

E98°

32mphcross-on

2.6ft↑

11am

12.9

12s

E98°

30mphcross-on

3.5ft↓

2pm

13.0

12s

ESE101°

28mphcross-on

3.0ft↓

5pm

13.0

12s

E95°

29mphcross-on

1.8ft↑

8pm

13.4

13s

E99°

35mphcross-on

1.9ft

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