Surfing in North Carolina
21 surf spots on the East Coast — every one forecast by our own physics-based, buoy-verified wave model.
- Kitty Hawk ideal 2–10 ft Northern OBX beachbreak where the Wright brothers first flew.
- Nags Head Pier ideal 2–12 ft Northern Outer Banks beachbreak around the pier.
- Jennette's Pier ideal 2–12 ft Reliable OBX pier peaks, great on clean E groundswell.
- Rodanthe ideal 2–12 ft The wave-magnet elbow of Hatteras Island - S-Turns and the pier.
- Waves ideal 2–12 ft Sandbars just south of Rodanthe - S-Turns' quieter neighbor.
- Avon Pier ideal 2–12 ft Mid-island pier peaks with classic Hatteras sandbars.
- Cape Hatteras (Lighthouse) ideal 3–15 ft Where the Outer Banks bends - rakes in swell from every angle.
- Hatteras (Village) ideal 2–10 ft South-facing beaches past the cape, sheltered from N winds.
- Ocracoke Island ideal 2–10 ft Ferry-access OBX sandbars - uncrowded and swell-hungry.
- Wrightsville Beach (Crystal Pier) ideal 2–9 ft Wilmington's home break - the south-end pier, hub of the Carolina surf scene.
- Wrightsville Beach (Mercers Pier) ideal 2–9 ft Johnnie Mercers Pier peaks at Wrightsville's north end.
- Masonboro Island ideal 2–10 ft Boat/paddle access jetty break south of Wrightsville.
- Carolina Beach ideal 2–9 ft Pleasure Island pier peaks just south of Wilmington.
- Kure Beach ideal 2–8 ft Pleasure Island's southern pier peaks below Carolina Beach.
- Atlantic Beach (Crystal Coast) ideal 2–9 ft Bogue Banks faces due south - a different swell window than the OBX.
- North Topsail Beach (Seaview Pier) ideal 2–8 ft Seaview Pier peaks at Topsail Island's quieter north end.
- Surf City (Topsail Island) ideal 2–8 ft Topsail Island beachbreak peaks around the pier.
- Topsail Beach ideal 2–8 ft The island's mellower south-end sandbars past Surf City.
- Oak Island ideal 1–6 ft South-facing Brunswick County beachbreak - loves S/SE swell.
- Ocean Isle Beach ideal 1–6 ft South-facing Brunswick County peaks around the island's pier.
- Sunset Beach ideal 1–6 ft The last NC beach before the state line - mellow south-facing peaks.
Forecasts come from TrueSwell's own wave model — exposure, refraction and breaking computed for every swell train at every spot, verified daily against NOAA buoys. All states →