Bare Sand Beach
Carteret County, North Carolina, United States34.670, -76.488Beach break · faces SE (127°)
Spot guide
Bare Sand Beach is an SE-facing beach break in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from NE to SW. Offshore wind here blows from the NW: light winds or NW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SE (127°)
- Best swell
- E to SSE (87°–168°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- W to N offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NE to SW (52.5° to 218.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8656554
- Wave buoy
- Onslow Bay Outer, NC (217) · 66 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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