Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is an E-facing beach break in Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from NNE to SSW. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

E (90°)

Best swell

NE to SE (50°–131°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

SW to NW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

NNE to SSW (13.5° to 205.5°)

Offshore wind

W

Tide

NOAA station TEC2789

Wave buoy

Cape Hatteras East, NC (250) · 22 km away

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