Spot report

🇺🇸Cape Hatteras / Buxton, North Carolina

updated 05:45 local · open-meteo

🌊 Surf· beach break (sandbars) · base: Buxton

The East Coast's premier surf destination, where hurricane and nor'easter swells meet the shifting sandbars below the lighthouse.

Heads up · Hurricane evacuations in season; 4WD for Cape Point; strong rips

Season · suits intermediates

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Wind
10 km/h
gusts 24 · from SW
Waves
0.6 m
6 s period · sea 24.8 °C
Road
dry
dry — 20 °C
Daylight
07:07 → 18:28
20 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0

What's rideable right now

Wind

Water

Mountain

River

🏊

Open-water swim

RIDEABLE

24.8 °C water — swim all day

Best windows this week

  • Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    24.8 °C water — swim all day · 12 h

  • Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    25.3 °C water — swim all day · 12 h

  • Fri 7am–12pmRIDEABLE

    25.3 °C — lovely · 6 h

This week

Today

16 km/h · 0.7 m

19–25 °C

🏊Open-water swim

Thu

15 km/h · 0.7 m

21–25 °C

🏊Open-water swim

Fri

39 km/h · 1.2 m

21–25 °C

⛵Sailing

Sat

57 km/h · 1.4 m

16–25 °C · 1 mm

🪁Kitesurf

Sun

41 km/h · 1.4 m

16–20 °C

⛵Sailing

Mon

28 km/h · 1.1 m

20–22 °C

⛵Sailing

Tue

26 km/h · 1.2 m

22–22 °C · 3 mm

⛵Sailing

bars: daily max wind · wave · best sport each day

Pack list

  • Water 24.8 °C → boardshorts and a rash vest
  • UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
  • 20 °C → sun shirt, 2 L of water
  • Daylight 07:07–18:28 → golden hour from 17:28

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