Black Pelican Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT+
Thigh to stomach
Swell
Wind
8KTSESE
10kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
76°F
1mm wetsuit
Northern Outer Banks Forecast
Tim Kent •Today
Stomach+ high E windswell with moderate but easing onshore winds. Cleanest late day.
Afternoon Outlook: Lighter onshores this afternoon and the last few hours of the day look to offer the best window of the day. Nothing too special, but there will be some decently fun waist-chest high surf at breaks that can manage the higher tide through sunset.
Black Pelican Surf Forecast
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Black Pelican Surf Guide
The expansive area stretching north and south from Kitty Hawk Road spreads surfers out across the beach, and there is usually no definitive lineup but a series of peek-a-boo bowls that plow shoreward regardless of where the pack sits, so it's possible to stroke into a good wave, snake-free. This is also a zone that holds some of the biggest surf that the Northern Outer Banks can get -- bombing nor'easter swells and drifty tropical swells tend to hold shape better here than other areas. There is... Read more