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 05:17 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Wed night, min 3°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Sat night. Icy conditions (max 14°C on Fri morning, min -2°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NNE on Fri night, moderate winds from the N by Sun morning).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Wed night, min -2°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Mon afternoon, light winds from the NW by Wed morning).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 17°C on Fri night, min -5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, gales from the WNW by Sat night).

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wed
4
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
AM
PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
Wave Height Map
High Tide
8:10AM1.02m
8:27PM0.77m
8:47AM1.00m
9:07PM0.81m
9:25AM0.96m
9:50PM0.85m
10:06AM0.90m
10:38PM0.89m
10:51AM0.83m
11:31PM0.92m
11:42AM0.76m
00:30AM0.96m
12:41PM0.69m
1:34AM0.99m
1:48PM0.65m
2:42AM1.04m
2:59PM0.65m
3:48AM1.08m
4:07PM0.68m
4:50AM1.12m
5:09PM0.74m
5:47AM1.15m
6:05PM0.80m
6:39AM1.16m
6:58PM0.85m
7:27AM1.14m
7:47PM0.90m
8:12AM1.09m
Low Tide
2:35PM-0.06m
2:23AM-0.08m
3:08PM-0.07m
3:07AM-0.07m
3:44PM-0.08m
3:55AM-0.05m
4:22PM-0.09m
4:48AM-0.02m
5:04PM-0.09m
5:48AM0.02m
5:52PM-0.09m
6:56AM0.05m
6:47PM-0.09m
8:09AM0.05m
7:50PM-0.09m
9:22AM0.02m
8:57PM-0.12m
10:27AM-0.02m
10:04PM-0.16m
11:25AM-0.08m
11:07PM-0.20m
12:17PM-0.12m
00:04AM-0.23m
1:05PM-0.16m
00:59AM-0.24m
1:49PM-0.18m
1:50AM-0.22m
2:31PM-0.18m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.9
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
10
1.2
SSE
6
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
1.7
NNE
6
2.1
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
2.2
E
8
2.5
E
9
2.4
ESE
10
2.1
E
10
2
E
10
2
E
9
1.8
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.3
E
9
1
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
8
0.6
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
SW
3
1.2
SW
5
1.5
SSW
6
1.4
S
7
1.6
SSE
8
1.8
NW
5
2.1
WSW
6
1.8
WSW
5
1.7
WNW
5
1.4
WNW
4
1.3
W
4
1
WNW
4
0.7
SSE
7
0.5
ESE
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.6
NE
3
1.3
NE
5
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
cloudy
light rain
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
 km/h
30
NW
25
NNW
25
N
10
ESE
15
SW
35
SW
20
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WNW
30
NNW
55
NNE
45
NNE
40
NE
50
ENE
55
NNE
50
NNW
45
N
45
N
50
N
50
NNW
40
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
15
W
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
20
SW
30
WSW
45
SW
45
WSW
30
W
35
NNW
60
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
15
NNW
30
NE
45
NE
 mm 
1
2
4
23
8
4
6
1
1
1
11
14
8
max°C
3
4
5
9
15
18
12
14
15
14
9
7
1
4
14
14
10
7
3
0
-1
-1
-2
-1
1
4
5
4
6
8
11
13
17
14
9
5
-2
0
1
4
6
6
6
8
6
10
11
Moonrise
8:24
8:52
9:19
9:44
10:11
10:40
11:14
11:55
12:46
1:47
2:56
4:09
5:23
6:33
7:39
8:43
Moonset
7:16
8:19
9:23
10:27
11:34
12:43
1:55
3:09
4:19
5:22
6:15
6:58
7:34
8:04
8:31
Sunrise
7:07
7:07
7:07
7:05
7:05
7:05
7:05
7:03
7:03
7:03
7:01
7:01
7:01
7:00
6:58
6:58
Sunset
5:17
5:19
5:20
5:21
5:22
5:22
5:23
5:24
5:25
5:27
5:28
5:29
5:30
5:30
5:31
5:32
Today's sea temperature in Cape Hatteras is
15.9° C
(Statistics for 20 Jan 1981-2005 – mean: 18.2 max: 20.1 min: 14.3°C)
Issued (local time): 6 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026
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