Indian Beach
Carteret County, North Carolina, United States34.687, -76.871Beach break · faces S (172°)
Spot guide
Indian Beach is an S-facing beach break in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from ESE to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 47% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- S (172°)
- Best swell
- SE to SSW (132°–213°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NW to NE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ESE to SW (104.5° to 227°)
- Offshore wind
- N
- Tide
- NOAA station 8656566
- Wave buoy
- Onslow Bay Outer, NC (217) · 53 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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