Cape Fear Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Cape Fear 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 07:11 AM and sunset is at 05:06 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Mon night, min 5°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SW by Thu morning).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the NE by Sun night).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the ENE by Tue night).

Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
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
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
7:22AM1.56m
7:36PM1.03m
7:59AM1.55m
8:14PM1.03m
8:37AM1.53m
8:53PM1.04m
9:15AM1.50m
9:35PM1.05m
9:55AM1.45m
10:20PM1.09m
10:38AM1.39m
11:10PM1.14m
11:25AM1.31m
00:05AM1.23m
12:17PM1.23m
1:03AM1.33m
1:15PM1.16m
2:05AM1.45m
2:17PM1.11m
3:06AM1.58m
3:20PM1.09m
4:06AM1.70m
4:22PM1.10m
5:03AM1.79m
Low Tide
1:59PM0.07m
1:25AM0.02m
2:36PM0.07m
2:04AM0.03m
3:13PM0.07m
2:45AM0.04m
3:51PM0.07m
3:28AM0.06m
4:29PM0.06m
4:16AM0.08m
5:09PM0.05m
5:11AM0.11m
5:52PM0.02m
6:14AM0.12m
6:39PM-0.01m
7:22AM0.11m
7:31PM-0.05m
8:33AM0.08m
8:26PM-0.10m
9:41AM0.02m
9:24PM-0.16m
10:44AM-0.05m
10:21PM-0.21m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.9
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
10
1
E
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.1
E
9
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
9
1.1
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
0.6
SSW
5
0.9
ENE
4
0.9
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.7
ESE
14
0.9
ESE
13
1.3
SSW
5
1
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
5
0.6
SSE
5
0.5
S
4
0.5
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.8
ENE
5
1.1
E
8
0.8
E
9
0.5
E
10
0.4
E
9
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
5
1.1
E
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.7
E
6
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
cloudy
rain shwrs
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
 km/h
20
ENE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
30
NNE
30
NE
20
ENE
10
NNE
25
SSW
30
SW
20
W
20
N
25
ENE
10
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
15
WSW
20
ENE
10
NE
15
W
10
NNW
15
N
30
NE
25
NE
15
ENE
5
WSW
5
W
15
SW
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NNE
10
N
 mm 
2
2
max°C
12
13
14
14
15
10
7
10
17
18
17
16
14
12
11
13
15
16
17
17
18
15
17
17
18
19
13
7
8
15
15
18
17
16
16
17
Moonrise
7:56
8:43
9:23
9:58
10:29
10:57
11:24
11:51
12:20
12:52
1:31
2:18
Moonset
5:30
6:29
7:31
8:33
9:35
10:37
11:39
12:44
1:51
3:03
4:17
Sunrise
7:11
7:11
7:13
7:13
7:13
7:13
7:15
7:15
7:15
7:16
7:16
7:16
Sunset
5:06
5:07
5:07
5:07
5:07
5:08
5:08
5:09
5:10
5:10
5:12
5:13
Today's sea temperature in Cape Fear is
10.9° C
(Statistics for 20 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 22.0 max: 23.6 min: 20.4°C)
Issued (local time): 6 am Saturday 20 Dec 2025
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