Ocracoke Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Ocracoke 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 — and sunset is at 04:53 PM.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 48mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Wed night, near gales from the S by Thu night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Sat night, min 2°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNE on Sun night, light winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Wed afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the NE by Sun afternoon).

Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
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
Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:44PM0.22m
6:17AM0.33m
6:23PM0.22m
6:54AM0.34m
7:01PM0.22m
7:32AM0.34m
7:39PM0.23m
8:09AM0.35m
8:19PM0.23m
8:48AM0.35m
9:01PM0.24m
9:27AM0.34m
9:45PM0.25m
10:09AM0.34m
10:33PM0.26m
10:53AM0.32m
11:24PM0.27m
11:40AM0.30m
00:19AM0.30m
12:31PM0.29m
1:16AM0.32m
1:27PM0.27m
2:17AM0.34m
Low Tide
00:03AM0.05m
1:36PM0.05m
00:23AM0.04m
2:15PM0.05m
00:48AM0.04m
2:51PM0.05m
1:19AM0.03m
3:21PM0.05m
1:55AM0.03m
3:43PM0.05m
2:35AM0.03m
4:02PM0.05m
3:20AM0.03m
4:29PM0.04m
4:10AM0.04m
5:04PM0.03m
5:06AM0.05m
5:45PM0.02m
6:10AM0.05m
6:32PM0.02m
7:25AM0.06m
7:24PM0.01m
8:55AM0.05m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.9
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
ESE
9
1.4
SSE
5
3
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
9
2
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1
ESE
12
0.9
ESE
11
1.1
ESE
11
1.2
NNE
4
1.1
E
10
0.8
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.9
SW
4
0.7
ESE
10
0.9
NNE
4
0.6
ESE
9
0.8
SSW
3
1.1
SW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.6
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
7
1.2
SE
6
0.8
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.8
SSE
4
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
rain shwrs
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
 km/h
30
WSW
15
WNW
15
SE
35
S
60
S
45
WSW
35
WNW
35
NNW
20
ENE
15
ESE
30
SW
25
W
25
NW
40
NNW
35
NNE
30
NNE
15
ENE
5
SE
25
WSW
35
W
25
N
30
NNE
15
E
35
SW
30
WSW
25
W
15
W
25
SW
30
W
20
W
35
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
15
NE
15
SE
25
SW
 mm 
48
2
max°C
16
15
19
20
20
18
17
10
8
12
17
14
14
11
3
4
9
14
14
12
10
9
14
17
18
18
17
19
18
17
14
10
7
8
18
19
Moonrise
6:04
7:00
7:53
8:39
9:18
9:53
10:23
10:50
11:16
11:42
12:10
12:42
Moonset
3:34
4:22
5:17
6:17
7:19
8:22
9:25
10:28
11:31
12:36
1:45
Sunrise
7:05
7:07
7:07
7:07
7:07
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:11
7:11
Sunset
4:53
4:53
4:53
4:54
4:54
4:55
4:55
4:57
4:58
4:58
4:59
5:00
Today's sea temperature in Ocracoke is
11.0° C
(Statistics for 17 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 20.1 max: 21.6 min: 17.9°C)
Issued (local time): 6 pm Wednesday 17 Dec 2025
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