North Carolina

Outer Banks Fishing Pier

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1.5Updated 33 min ago

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

Swell height

2.8ft

Model estimate

7s period

Swell

ENE

65°

Windcross-off

13 mph

SSW

Tide

3.0 ft

slack

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 76% 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

3.4ft

not surfable

P1 (primary)

ENE

1.7ft

68%

P2 (secondary)

1.1ft

29%

P3 (tertiary)

0.3ft

14s

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

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Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellENE 68°

WindWSW offshore

Tide—

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Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44086

Hs3.3 ft

Tp9s

DirENE

Water72°F

Reading10/17/2026, 3:30:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.5

ENE68°

12mphcross-off

2.9ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.4

E99°

21mphcross

2.1ft↓

5am

3.3

E97°

24mphcross-on

1.8ft↑

8am

4.3

S171°

36mphcross-on

3.0ft↑

11am

5.9

S174°

42mphcross

3.6ft↓

2pm

8.0

S180°

41mphcross

2.6ft↓

5pm

10.4

SSE153°

35mphcross

1.7ft↑

8pm

11.6

E82°

33mphcross

2.2ft↑

11pm

13.4

E88°

33mphcross-on

2.9ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

14.8

10s

E90°

34mphcross-on

2.4ft↓

5am

15.9

11s

E90°

33mphcross-on

1.9ft↑

8am

16.9

12s

E92°

34mphcross-on

2.6ft↑

11am

17.9

12s

E96°

30mphcross-on

3.5ft↓

2pm

18.6

12s

E99°

28mphcross-on

3.0ft↓

5pm

19.3

12s

E99°

29mphcross-on

1.8ft↑

8pm

19.7

13s

ESE101°

37mphcross-on

1.9ft

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