Frisco Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR

Surf Height

3-4FT+

Waist to shoulder

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

6.5FT7s
SW217º
0.2FT12s
ESE117º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

27KTSSW

32kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

1.7FT

Temperature

81°F

spotName Wind & Weather
81ºF

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Tim Kent

Hatteras Island Forecast

Tim Kent

Today

Stronger S windswell. Sideshore winds much of the day but OK windows for the floatier boards.

Midday: Still looking at thigh-waist+ high surf at lunch, but moderate SW winds mean conditions are fairly sideshore where the surf is biggest, in the southern part of the region. Still worth considering trying to find something, but I'd have my expectations pretty low.

Afternoon Outlook: Winds ease and trend a bit more WSW, for slightly improved conditions where the surf is biggest in the Avon-Buxton zone. Spots further north stay pretty small through the day. Worth watching.

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Frisco Surf Guide

The actual pier was named Cape Hatteras Pier, but the actual pier is actually gone. Still, Frisco Pier is the most popular zone on the south side, protected from angry N/NE energy and offshore in northerly winds. Wrap swells sometimes produce grinding lefts, but given Frisco’s south-facing catcher’s mitt and wide swell window, it prefers S swells. Frisco Pier can handle bigger swells but it is aggravatingly fickle, hence the phrase “Frisco Disco.” (Drive all the way down there from wherever you... Read more

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