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Holden Beach

faces 178° S · North Carolina, United States · 33.910, −78.299

Times in EDT

Poor · best window 02:00–00:00
0.3 m
7 s period · SE 126°
Clean groundswell, 16° inside the swell window · sampled 18 km offshore
Wind
11 km/h
SSW · onshoreSSW 196° · onshore
Tide
0.6 m
falling · L 18:00falling · low 18:00 (0.3 m)
Energy
0 kJ
poor
Sky
29°
clear · feels 30°clear since 08:00 · feels 30° · water 25° · OISST 13 Oct, preliminary
Buoy SSBN7
0.4 m
3 s · 13:55 · 0.0 vs model
Ensemble · 06Z3 of 3 models reporting · updated 13:47 UTCBuoy SSBN7 · 0.4 m · 3 s — level with the model

Next 16 days

tap a day for its hourspick a day for hour by hour · ← → step it · 3-hourly to day 16
  • swell · 10–14 s
  • wind swell · under 10 s
  • hatched: outside the window
  • offshore
  • cross-off
  • cross
  • cross-on
  • onshore
  • glassy
  • band: the models' spread

Hourly detail

Thursday 8 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:12–18:48

00 
poor
0.6 m6s ESE0.6 mtide−0.6 ↑
offshore 4 km/hgust4 km/h 18°
1 kJ
03 
poor
0.6 m6s ESE0.6 mtide0.1 ↑
offshore 6 km/hgust6 km/h 18°
1 kJ
06 
poor
0.6 m6s ESE0.6 mtide0.9 ↓
offshore 6 km/hgust7 km/h 17°
1 kJ
09 
poor
0.5 m6s ESE0.5 mtide0.3 ↓
offshore 5 km/hgust7 km/h 20°
1 kJ
12 
poor
0.5 m6s ESE0.5 mtide−0.6 ↓
cross-off 3 km/hgust3 km/h 26°
1 kJ
15 
poor
0.5 m6s ESE0.5 mtide−0.2 ↑
glassy 1 km/hgust2 km/h 27°
1 kJ
18 
poor
0.4 m6s ESE0.4 mtide0.8 ↑
onshore 3 km/hgust4 km/h 23°
1 kJ
21 
poor
0.4 m6s ESE0.4 + 0.2 mtide0.4 ↓
glassy 1 km/hgust1 km/h 21°
1 kJ

Friday 9 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:13–18:46

00 
poor
0.4 m7s ESE0.4 mtide−0.5 ↓
glassy 0 km/hgust1 km/h 20°
1 kJ
03 
poor
0.4 m7s ESE0.4 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 6 km/hgust5 km/h 20°
1 kJ
06 
poor
0.4 m7s ESE0.4 mtide0.8 ↑
cross-off 6 km/hgust7 km/h 19°
1 kJ
09 
poor
0.4 m7s ESE0.4 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-off 6 km/hgust12 km/h 21°
1 kJ
12 
poor
0.5 m7s ESE0.4 mtide−0.4 ↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust18 km/h 25°
1 kJ
15 
poor
0.6 m7s ESE0.3 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 11 km/hgust18 km/h 26°
1 kJ
18 
poor
0.7 m3s ENE0.3 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↑
cross-off 12 km/hgust31 km/h 23°
1 kJ
21 
poor
1.0 m4s E0.1 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 13 km/hgust36 km/h 23°
2 kJ

Saturday 10 October fairbest 04:00–16:00 · light 07:13–18:45

00 
poor
1.1 m5s E1.1 mtide−0.4 ↓
cross-off 16 km/hgust39 km/h 23°
3 kJ
03 
fair
1.3 m6s ESE1.3 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust38 km/h 22° · 3.1 mm/h
4 kJ
06 
good
1.6 m6s ESE0.4 mtide0.6 ↑
cross 17 km/hgust39 km/h 22° · 0.8 mm/h
8 kJ
09 
good
1.5 m7s ESE1.5 mtide0.9 ↓
cross 18 km/hgust45 km/h 22° · 0.7 mm/h
7 kJ
12 
good
1.6 m7s ESE1.6 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 20 km/hgust46 km/h 22° · 3.0 mm/h
8 kJ
15 
good
2.0 m8s ESE2.0 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 22 km/hgust49 km/h 22° · 1.8 mm/h
14 kJ
18 
fair
2.1 m8s ESE2.1 mtide0.3 ↑
cross 24 km/hgust51 km/h 23° · 1.1 mm/h
17 kJ
21 
fair
1.9 m8s ESE1.9 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 21 km/hgust47 km/h 24°
13 kJ

Sunday 11 October fairbest 00:00–01:00 · light 07:14–18:45

00 
good
1.3 m8s ESE1.5 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross-on 9 km/hgust31 km/h 24° · 3.3 mm/h
6 kJ
03 
fair
1.2 m8s ESE1.1 mtide−0.6 ↑
onshore 12 km/hgust33 km/h 24° · 0.6 mm/h
5 kJ
06 
fair
1.2 m8s ESE0.8 mtide0.4 ↑
onshore 14 km/hgust39 km/h 24°
5 kJ
09 
poor
1.3 m7s SE0.6 mtide1.0 ↓
onshore 14 km/hgust41 km/h 24° · 1.3 mm/h
5 kJ
12 
poor
1.6 m6s SSE0.5 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-on 20 km/hgust43 km/h 27°
7 kJ
15 
poor
1.7 m7s S0.4 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 20 km/hgust45 km/h 27° · 0.3 mm/h
9 kJ
18 
poor
1.8 m7s S0.4 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-on 22 km/hgust38 km/h 24°
10 kJ
21 
fair
1.6 m7s S0.3 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 17 km/hgust37 km/h 21°
8 kJ

Monday 12 October fairbest 04:00–06:00 · light 07:15–18:43

00 
fair
1.6 m7s S0.3 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-on 16 km/hgust38 km/h 20°
8 kJ
03 
fair
1.4 m7s S0.4 + 0.3 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust39 km/h 19°
6 kJ
06 
fair
1.2 m7s S0.2 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 12 km/hgust33 km/h 18°
5 kJ
09 
good
1.0 m7s S0.7 + 0.2 mtide0.9 ↓
cross 13 km/hgust34 km/h 20°
3 kJ
12 
fair
0.9 m6s S0.8 + 0.2 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-off 16 km/hgust24 km/h 26°
2 kJ
15 
fair
0.8 m6s SSE0.7 + 0.2 mtide−0.4 ↓
cross-off 14 km/hgust21 km/h 28°
2 kJ
18 
poor
0.6 m6s SSE0.6 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 7 km/hgust13 km/h 26°
1 kJ
21 
poor
0.6 m6s SSE0.5 mtide0.6 ↑
offshore 5 km/hgust6 km/h 22°
1 kJ

Tuesday 13 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:15–18:42

00 
poor
0.5 m6s SSE0.5 mtide0.3 ↓
cross-off 5 km/hgust6 km/h 21°
1 kJ
03 
poor
0.5 m7s SSE0.5 + 0.1 mtide−0.5 ↓
glassy 2 km/hgust2 km/h 20°
1 kJ
06 
poor
0.4 m7s SSE0.4 + 0.1 mtide−0.1 ↑
offshore 4 km/hgust4 km/h 19°
1 kJ
09 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide 0.8↑
glassy 2 km/hgust2 km/h 22°
1 kJ
12 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.1 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 5 km/hgust5 km/h 28°
0 kJ
15 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.1 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross-on 8 km/hgust8 km/h 29°
1 kJ
18 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.0 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross-on 8 km/hgust16 km/h 25°
0 kJ
21 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.0 mtide0.4 ↑
cross-on 4 km/hgust4 km/h 21°
1 kJ

Wednesday 14 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:16–18:41

00 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.0 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-on 5 km/hgust5 km/h 21°
1 kJ
03 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 + 0.0 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross-on 5 km/hgust6 km/h 21°
1 kJ
06 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 6 km/hgust7 km/h 20°
1 kJ
09 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.4 mtide0.6 ↑
cross 5 km/hgust9 km/h 22°
1 kJ
12 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 7 km/hgust9 km/h 28°
0 kJ
15 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.1 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 12 km/hgust10 km/h 28°
0 kJ
18 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.0 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 9 km/hgust19 km/h 24°
0 kJ
21 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.0 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-on 8 km/hgust16 km/h 22°
1 kJ

Today 15 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:17–18:39 25° 25°

00 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-on 8 km/hgust22 km/h 22°
1 kJ
03 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.1 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 16 km/hgust15 km/h 21°
1 kJ
06 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.1 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 14 km/hgust10 km/h 20°
1 kJ
09 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.3 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide 0.4↑
cross 7 km/hgust14 km/h 23°
0 kJ
12 
poor
0.4 m7s SE0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide 0.8↓
cross 7 km/hgust9 km/h 29°
0 kJ
now 
poor
0.3 m7s SE0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide 0.2↓
cross-on 10 km/hgust8 km/h 30°
0 kJ
18 
poor
0.4 m8s SE0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide −0.4↑
onshore 10 km/hgust20 km/h 25°
1 kJ
21 
poor
0.4 m4s SSE0.2 + 0.1 mtide0.1 ↑
onshore 9 km/hgust25 km/h 23°
0 kJ

Friday 16 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:17–18:38 24° 25°

00 
poor
0.4 m4s S0.2 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-on 8 km/hgust26 km/h 22°
0 kJ
03 
poor
0.4 m5s S0.2 + 0.1 + 0.0 mtide 0.0↓
cross-on 8 km/hgust22 km/h 21°
0 kJ
06 
poor
0.4 m5s S0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide −0.4↑
cross-on 8 km/hgust19 km/h 21°
0 kJ
09 
poor
0.5 m5s S0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide 0.2↑
cross-on 10 km/hgust27 km/h 23°
0 kJ
12 
poor
0.5 m5s S0.3 + 0.1 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-on 15 km/hgust23 km/h 27°
1 kJ
15 
poor
0.6 m3s SW0.2 + 0.1 mtide0.3 ↓
cross-on 17 km/hgust23 km/h 27°
1 kJ
18 
poor
0.8 m4s SSW0.3 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross-on 16 km/hgust34 km/h 24°
1 kJ
21 
poor
1.0 m5s SSW0.3 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-on 17 km/hgust40 km/h 24°
2 kJ

Saturday 17 October poorbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:18–18:37 11° 25°

00 
poor
1.2 m5s SW0.2 mtide0.4 ↑
cross-on 17 km/hgust45 km/h 24°
3 kJ
03 
poor
1.2 m5s SW0.2 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-on 15 km/hgust47 km/h 24°
3 kJ
06 
poor
1.2 m4s NW0.7 + 0.2 + 0.0 mtide −0.3↓
offshore 20 km/hgust44 km/h 17°
3 kJ
09 
poor
1.1 m4s NNW0.4 + 0.2 + 0.0 mtide 0.0↑
offshore 23 km/hgust44 km/h 14° · 0.8 mm/h
3 kJ
12 
poor
1.0 m4s N0.2 + 0.2 + 0.1 mtide 0.6↑
offshore 19 km/hgust47 km/h 13°
2 kJ
15 
poor
1.0 m4s N0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide 0.5↓
offshore 22 km/hgust40 km/h 13°
2 kJ
18 
poor
1.0 m4s NNE0.3 + 0.1 + 0.1 mtide −0.2↓
offshore 20 km/hgust44 km/h 14°
2 kJ
21 
poor
1.1 m4s NNE0.4 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 17 km/hgust45 km/h 12°
2 kJ

Sunday 18 October fairbest 16:00–19:00 · light 07:19–18:35 15° 25°

00 
poor
1.2 m4s NE0.3 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-off 18 km/hgust43 km/h 11°
3 kJ
03 
poor
1.2 m4s NE0.5 + 0.3 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-off 15 km/hgust44 km/h 9°
3 kJ
06 
poor
1.2 m5s NE0.4 + 0.3 mtide−0.2 ↓
offshore 15 km/hgust44 km/h 7°
3 kJ
09 
poor
1.2 m7s E0.5 + 0.3 mtide−0.2 ↑
offshore 16 km/hgust47 km/h 9°
4 kJ
12 
poor
1.3 m6s E0.4 mtide0.4 ↑
cross-off 20 km/hgust34 km/h 16°
4 kJ
15 
poor
1.3 m6s E1.3 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-off 20 km/hgust29 km/h 18°
5 kJ
18 
fair
1.4 m6s E0.6 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-off 13 km/hgust29 km/h 17°
5 kJ
21 
fair
1.4 m7s E0.8 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross-off 16 km/hgust37 km/h 14°
6 kJ

Monday 19 October fairbest 00:00–24:00 · light 07:20–18:34 21° 25°

00 
fair
1.4 m8s ESE0.9 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-off 14 km/hgust39 km/h 13°
6 kJ
03 
fair
1.3 m8s ESE0.8 mtide0.5 ↓
offshore 14 km/hgust43 km/h 11°
6 kJ
06 
fair
1.3 m8s ESE0.9 mtide0.0 ↓
offshore 13 km/hgust45 km/h 10°
6 kJ
09 
fair
1.3 m8s ESE0.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
offshore 15 km/hgust42 km/h 13°
7 kJ
12 
fair
1.3 m8s ESE0.9 + 0.3 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-off 18 km/hgust27 km/h 20°
7 kJ
15 
fair
1.4 m9s ESE0.8 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 16 km/hgust22 km/h 21°
8 kJ
18 
fair
1.5 m9s ESE0.9 mtide0.2 ↓
offshore 14 km/hgust27 km/h 18°
9 kJ
21 
fair
1.5 m9s ESE1.0 mtide−0.4 ↑
offshore 9 km/hgust29 km/h 13°
8 kJ

Tuesday 20 October fairbest 17:00–20:00 · light 07:21–18:33 12° 25°

00 
fair
1.4 m9s ESE1.1 mtide0.0 ↑
offshore 9 km/hgust26 km/h 12°
8 kJ
02 
fair
1.5 m9s E1.1 mtide0.4 ↓
offshore 10 km/hgust29 km/h 12°
10 kJ
05 
fair
1.5 m9s E1.0 mtide0.4 ↓
offshore 10 km/hgust34 km/h 11°
9 kJ
08 
fair
1.5 m9s E1.0 mtide−0.2 ↓
offshore 11 km/hgust38 km/h 10°
9 kJ
11 
fair
1.4 m9s E1.0 mtide−0.2 ↑
offshore 14 km/hgust25 km/h 17°
8 kJ
14 
fair
1.4 m9s E1.0 mtide0.5 ↑
offshore 13 km/hgust19 km/h 21°
8 kJ
17 
good
1.4 m9s E1.4 mtide0.6 ↓
offshore 11 km/hgust20 km/h 21°
8 kJ
20 
fair
1.4 m9s E0.8 mtide−0.1 ↓
offshore 7 km/hgust9 km/h 14°
8 kJ
23 
good
1.4 m9s E1.2 mtide−0.4 ↑
offshore 8 km/hgust12 km/h 12°
8 kJ

Wednesday 21 October goodbest 20:00–24:00 · light 07:22–18:32 14° 25°

02 
fair
1.3 m9s E0.9 mtide0.3 ↑
offshore 8 km/hgust22 km/h 11°
7 kJ
05 
fair
1.6 m8s ENE0.9 mtide0.6 ↓
offshore 9 km/hgust28 km/h 10°
8 kJ
08 
fair
1.6 m8s ENE0.9 mtide−0.1 ↓
offshore 10 km/hgust35 km/h 10°
9 kJ
11 
fair
1.6 m8s ENE0.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
offshore 13 km/hgust23 km/h 18°
9 kJ
14 
good
1.6 m8s ENE1.1 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-off 12 km/hgust17 km/h 22°
9 kJ
17 
fair
1.7 m7s ENE0.8 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 9 km/hgust16 km/h 22°
10 kJ
20 
good
1.7 m7s ENE0.7 mtide0.0 ↓
offshore 8 km/hgust17 km/h 15°
10 kJ
23 
good
1.8 m8s ENE0.6 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 12 km/hgust34 km/h 14°
11 kJ

Thursday 22 October goodbest 02:00–08:00 · light 07:23–18:30 13° 25°

02 
good
1.8 m8s ENE0.8 + 0.2 mtide0.1 ↑
cross-off 11 km/hgust32 km/h 13°
11 kJ
05 
good
1.1 m11s SE1.0 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 12 km/hgust34 km/h 12°
6 kJ
08 
fair
1.1 m11s SE0.9 mtide0.2 ↓
offshore 12 km/hgust40 km/h 12°
6 kJ
11 
fair
1.0 m11s SE0.8 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 17 km/hgust24 km/h 19°
5 kJ
14 
fair
1.0 m11s SE0.8 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust18 km/h 22°
5 kJ
17 
fair
1.0 m11s SE0.9 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 12 km/hgust18 km/h 21°
5 kJ
20 
good
1.0 m11s SE0.8 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-off 13 km/hgust34 km/h 16°
5 kJ
23 
good
0.9 m11s SE0.7 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 10 km/hgust31 km/h 13°
4 kJ

Friday 23 October fairbest 02:00–05:00 · light 07:24–18:30 15° 25°

02 
good
0.9 m11s SE0.9 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-off 12 km/hgust35 km/h 12°
4 kJ
05 
fair
0.9 m11s SE0.8 mtide0.7 ↓
offshore 13 km/hgust39 km/h 12°
4 kJ
08 
fair
0.9 m11s SE0.7 mtide0.5 ↓
offshore 13 km/hgust42 km/h 12°
4 kJ
11 
poor
1.0 m11s SE0.6 + 0.4 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust27 km/h 19°
4 kJ
14 
poor
1.0 m10s ESE0.5 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 13 km/hgust17 km/h 23°
5 kJ
17 
fair
1.2 m10s ESE0.4 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-off 11 km/hgust17 km/h 22°
6 kJ
20 
poor
1.3 m7s E0.4 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-off 8 km/hgust14 km/h 16°
6 kJ
23 
fair
1.5 m6s E0.5 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-off 11 km/hgust37 km/h 15°
6 kJ

Saturday 24 October fairbest 14:00–24:00 · light 07:25–18:29 16° 25°

02 
fair
1.4 m9s ESE1.4 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-off 13 km/hgust38 km/h 13°
8 kJ
05 
poor
1.4 m9s ESE0.7 mtide0.6 ↑
cross-off 13 km/hgust39 km/h 12°
8 kJ
08 
poor
1.5 m9s ESE0.7 mtide0.8 ↓
cross-off 14 km/hgust44 km/h 13°
9 kJ
11 
poor
1.5 m9s ESE0.8 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross-off 16 km/hgust26 km/h 19°
10 kJ
14 
fair
1.5 m10s ESE0.9 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust22 km/h 23°
10 kJ
17 
fair
1.5 m10s ESE0.9 mtide0.4 ↑
cross-off 14 km/hgust27 km/h 22°
10 kJ
20 
fair
1.5 m11s ESE1.0 mtide0.6 ↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust26 km/h 16°
11 kJ
23 
fair
1.5 m11s ESE1.0 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross-off 14 km/hgust39 km/h 16°
11 kJ

Sunday 25 October goodbest 05:00–24:00 · light 07:26–18:28

02 
fair
1.4 m11s ESE1.0 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust40 km/h 14°
11 kJ
05 
good
1.4 m11s ESE1.1 mtide0.4 ↑
offshore 14 km/hgust38 km/h 13°
10 kJ
08 
good
1.4 m12s ESE1.1 mtide1.0 ↓
offshore 16 km/hgust46 km/h 13°
10 kJ
11 
good
1.4 m12s ESE1.1 mtide0.1 ↓
offshore 34 km/hgust — —
10 kJ
14 
good
1.4 m12s ESE1.2 mtide−0.6 ↑
offshore 31 km/hgust — —
10 kJ
17 
good
1.5 m13s ESE1.3 mtide0.1 ↑
offshore 34 km/hgust — —
13 kJ
20 
good
1.6 m14s ESE1.4 mtide0.7 ↓
offshore 33 km/hgust — —
16 kJ
23 
good
1.7 m14s ESE1.6 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross-off 34 km/hgust — —
19 kJ

Monday 26 October epicbest 14:00–24:00 · light 07:27–18:27

02 
epic
1.8 m15s ESE1.6 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross-off 32 km/hgust — —
21 kJ
05 
epic
1.7 m15s ESE1.6 mtide0.1 ↑
offshore 31 km/hgust — —
21 kJ
08 
epic
1.7 m15s ESE1.6 mtide1.0 ↓
offshore 32 km/hgust — —
20 kJ
11 
good
1.7 m15s ESE1.6 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-off 31 km/hgust — —
20 kJ
14 
epic
1.7 m15s ESE1.6 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-off 26 km/hgust — —
19 kJ
17 
epic
1.6 m15s SE1.6 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 24 km/hgust — —
18 kJ
20 
epic
1.6 m15s SE1.6 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 23 km/hgust — —
18 kJ
23 
epic
1.6 m16s SE1.5 + 0.7 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-off 23 km/hgust — —
19 kJ

Tuesday 27 October epicbest 02:00–11:00 · light 07:28–18:26

02 
epic
1.7 m17s SE1.7 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-off 24 km/hgust — —
22 kJ
05 
epic
1.7 m16s SE1.7 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 23 km/hgust — —
20 kJ
08 
epic
1.6 m16s SE1.6 mtide1.0 ↓
cross-off 22 km/hgust — —
18 kJ
11 
good
1.5 m16s SE1.5 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-off 20 km/hgust — —
16 kJ
14 
good
1.4 m16s SE1.4 mtide−0.4 ↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust — —
14 kJ
17 
good
1.3 m15s SE1.3 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 9 km/hgust ——
12 kJ
20 
fair
1.2 m15s SE1.2 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 9 km/hgust ——
10 kJ
23 
good
1.1 m15s ESE1.1 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 4 km/hgust ——
9 kJ

Wednesday 28 October goodbest 02:00–11:00 · light 07:28–18:25

02 
good
1.1 m14s ESE1.1 mtide−0.5 ↓
offshore 5 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
05 
good
1.0 m14s ESE1.0 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 10 km/hgust — —
7 kJ
08 
good
1.0 m14s ESE1.0 mtide0.7 ↑
cross-off 12 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
11 
fair
0.9 m14s ESE0.9 mtide1.0 ↓
cross-off 12 km/hgust — —
5 kJ
14 
fair
0.8 m14s ESE0.8 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 12 km/hgust ——
4 kJ
17 
fair
0.8 m13s ESE0.8 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross-on 12 km/hgust — —
4 kJ
20 
poor
0.7 m13s ESE0.7 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-on 11 km/hgust — —
3 kJ
23 
poor
0.7 m13s ESE0.7 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 13 km/hgust ——
3 kJ

Thursday 29 October poorbest 02:00–24:00 · light 07:29–18:23

02 
poor
0.6 m13s ESE0.6 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross-off 12 km/hgust — —
2 kJ
05 
poor
0.6 m12s ESE0.6 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross-off 12 km/hgust — —
2 kJ
08 
poor
0.6 m12s ESE0.5 mtide0.4 ↑
cross-off 14 km/hgust — —
2 kJ
11 
poor
0.5 m12s ESE0.5 mtide1.1 ↓
cross-off 9 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
14 
poor
0.5 m12s ESE0.5 mtide0.3 ↓
cross-on 7 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
17 
poor
0.4 m12s ESE0.4 mtide−0.7 ↑
onshore 9 km/hgust ——
1 kJ
20 
poor
0.4 m12s ESE0.4 mtide−0.1 ↑
onshore 10 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
23 
poor
0.4 m11s ESE0.4 mtide0.6 ↓
onshore 11 km/hgust — —
1 kJ

Friday 30 October poorbest 02:00–24:00 · light 07:30–18:22

02 
poor
0.4 m11s ESE0.4 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-on 11 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
05 
poor
0.4 m11s ESE0.3 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 10 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
08 
poor
0.3 m11s ESE0.3 + 0.1 mtide0.0 ↑
cross 9 km/hgust ——
1 kJ
11 
poor
0.3 m11s ESE0.3 + 0.1 mtide1.0 ↓
cross 9 km/hgust ——
1 kJ
14 
poor
0.3 m11s ESE0.3 + 0.1 + 0.0 mtide 0.6↓
cross-on 12 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
17 
poor
0.3 m11s ESE0.3 + 0.1 mtide−0.5 ↑
onshore 17 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
20 
poor
0.5 m6s SE0.3 + 0.1 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 21 km/hgust — —
1 kJ
23 
poor
0.6 m3s SW0.3 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-on 24 km/hgust — —
1 kJ

Wind read from the nearest model point, up to 18 km — that is not the wind at the beach.

Swell read from the nearest model point, up to 18 km. Swell travels, so it still holds here.

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Tide

NOAA prediction
0006121824
now 0.6 m ↓L 05:00 · 0.2H 11:30 · 1.5L 18:00 · 0.3

Heights vs MLLW

Optimal: any.

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  • 0.1 m · 8 s · SE 130°secondary

Clean — 3° between the two swells. Window ESE–WSW, 110°–250°.

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Faces
178° S
Optimal period
—
Optimal tide
any
Level
—
Coordinates
33.9097, −78.2985

Model agreement

Medium

NOAA GFS-Wave0.3 m

ECMWF IFS-WAM0.5 m

DWD GWAM0.4 m

Buoy SSBN70.4 m

30-day skill at this spot: bias 0.0 m, RMSE 0.17 m. Measured against buoy SSBN7 over 30 days.

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