Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with glassy / no wind from the N, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 4–6 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the N |
| Best tide | low & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-30 11:20 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 3.9 ft |
| Dominant period | 7s |
| Swell direction | S (189°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41025 (18 mi away) |
| Wind | 10 kt from the N — NDBC HCGN7 (11 mi away) |
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 30 | 2–3 ft | 7s SSE | 11 kt NE |
| Fri Jul 31 | 2 ft | 7s SSE | 8 kt SSW |
| Sat Aug 1 | 2–3 ft | 7s SSE | 12 kt SSE |
| Sun Aug 2 | 2–4 ft | 7s SSE | 21 kt S |
| Mon Aug 3 | 4–5 ft | 7s SSE | 23 kt SSW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 18 kt SSW |
| Wed Aug 5 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 16 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8654467 (Hatteras (ocean)), the nearest tide station (11 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 02:02 — High 0.286 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:32 — Low 0.013 ft
- 2026-06-06 14:09 — High 0.144 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:08 — Low -0.045 ft
- 2026-06-07 02:40 — High 0.272 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:13 — Low 0.002 ft
Frequently asked
Is Cape Hatteras Lighthouse good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:20 UTC), Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is marginal: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the S is off its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is strong from the N.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 41025) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Hatteras (ocean)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse?
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with glassy / no wind from the N, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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