Cape Hatteras Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Cape Hatteras Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:07 AM and sunset is at 04:55 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Fri night, min 8°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sun night, min 3°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Sun night, gales from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed night, min 2°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Thu morning, light winds from the NNW by Fri night).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun night, min 1°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sat night, gales from the N by Mon night).

Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tue
6
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
Wave Height Map
High Tide
11:22AM0.89m
00:02AM0.83m
12:14PM0.84m
1:00AM0.91m
1:12PM0.79m
2:02AM0.99m
2:14PM0.76m
3:03AM1.08m
3:17PM0.74m
4:03AM1.16m
4:19PM0.75m
5:00AM1.22m
5:18PM0.77m
5:56AM1.26m
6:15PM0.81m
6:50AM1.27m
7:09PM0.84m
7:42AM1.24m
8:03PM0.86m
8:32AM1.19m
8:55PM0.87m
9:21AM1.11m
Low Tide
5:46PM0.02m
6:08AM0.09m
6:33PM-0.01m
7:16AM0.09m
7:25PM-0.04m
8:27AM0.06m
8:20PM-0.08m
9:35AM0.01m
9:18PM-0.13m
10:38AM-0.04m
10:15PM-0.17m
11:36AM-0.09m
11:13PM-0.21m
12:30PM-0.13m
00:10AM-0.24m
1:22PM-0.16m
1:06AM-0.24m
2:11PM-0.16m
2:01AM-0.22m
2:59PM-0.16m
2:55AM-0.17m
3:46PM-0.13m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
11
1.7
NNE
7
1.4
ENE
8
1.5
E
10
1.3
E
9
1.2
E
9
1.8
SSW
6
2.4
SSW
8
1.6
S
8
1.2
WNW
4
1
WNW
4
0.9
WNW
4
0.8
WNW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.9
NW
4
0.6
S
6
0.6
ESE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.8
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
4
1.3
E
6
1.8
SE
8
1.9
SE
9
2.4
ENE
8
2.3
ENE
9
2.2
ENE
9
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
some clouds
cloudy
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
 km/h
25
ENE
15
ESE
25
WSW
40
N
50
N
30
NNE
10
ENE
10
SSE
35
SW
50
SW
65
SW
50
WNW
45
NW
40
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
35
WNW
35
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
NE
30
ENE
40
NNE
50
NNE
60
N
55
N
55
N
 mm 
1
1
5
2
max°C
11
15
19
12
8
11
10
13
20
20
19
11
4
6
6
7
11
11
8
6
5
2
4
6
5
5
7
10
11
14
12
10
7
1
2
Moonrise
11:15
11:40
12:08
12:40
1:17
2:03
3:00
4:07
5:21
6:35
7:47
8:55
Moonset
11:29
12:35
1:43
2:56
4:11
5:27
6:37
7:37
8:26
9:06
9:38
Sunrise
7:07
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:11
7:11
7:11
Sunset
4:55
4:57
4:57
4:58
4:59
4:59
5:00
5:00
5:01
5:02
5:04
5:04
Today's sea temperature in Cape Hatteras is
14.6° C
(Statistics for 26 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.4 max: 21.7 min: 17.4°C)
Issued (local time): 12 am Friday 26 Dec 2025
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