Bear Inlet

Bear Inlet is an SSE-facing beach break in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from E to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 43% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

SSE (160°)

Best swell

ESE to SSW (120°–201°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

E to SW (91° to 222.5°)

Offshore wind

NNW

Tide

NOAA station TEC2837

Wave buoy

Onslow Bay Outer, NC (217) · 50 km away

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