Right now

Right now the waves are 0.5 m, with a period of 9 s, from ESE, the wind is 10 kn, from SW, Cross-shore, and the tide is falling, low water at 05:13 AM.

What fits this spot: the swell's direction and the tide. What does not: the wind.

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About this break

BreakBeach break
WaveLeft, Right
BottomSand
LevelBeginner, Intermediate
BoardsShortboard
Best seasonAutumn
Best tideLow
Best swell fromEESESESSESSSW
Best wind fromNNNEWNWNWNNW
Offshore wind fromNW

The sea now

Diamond Shoals, NC

Buoy 49 km away

Waves: 0.9 m
Period: 7 s
Direction: N

Measured 1 hr. ago

USCG Station Hatteras

Wind station 20 km away

Wind: 3 kn
Gusts: 5 kn
Direction: WSWCross-offshore

Measured 1 hr. ago

Next tides

Low tide16 Fri 05:13 AM0.2 m
High tide16 Fri 12:05 PM0.4 m
Low tide16 Fri 07:40 PM0.2 m
High tide16 Fri 11:44 PM0.3 m
Low tide17 Sat 06:05 AM0.2 m
High tide17 Sat 12:52 PM0.4 m

The week

7 days	Biggest wave	Wind at noon
16 Fri	1.1 m4 sSSW	14 knSW
17 Sat	2.3 m5 sNNE	28 knNNE
18 Sun	2.8 m4 sNE	33 knNNE
19 Mon	2.9 m5 sNE	33 knNNE
20 Tue	2.3 m4 sNE	31 knN
21 Wed	1.6 m4 sN	26 knNNW
22 Thu	1.5 m4 sN	24 knNW

Forecast fetched 2 hr. ago. The map has a fresher one.

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Sources

Waves: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (public-domain)
Wind: NOAA CO-OPS (public-domain)
Tides: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (public domain)
Forecast: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0, Credit asked by Open-Meteo: German Weather Service DWD, Wave forecast from Météo-France, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Weather forecast from NOAA (cc-by-4.0)This ECMWF data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ECMWF does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.