Carolina Beach Pier Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Carolina Beach Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SE, with light wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | SE |
| Best wind | light wind from the W |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-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 2026-07-15 11:00 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 | 2.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 8s |
| Swell direction | ESE (119°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41110 (11 mi away) |
| Wind | 3 kt from the NNE — NDBC MBIN7 (2 mi away) |
Carolina Beach Pier 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Carolina Beach Pier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Jul 15 | 2–3 ft | 8s ESE | 9 kt SE |
| Thu Jul 16 | 1–2 ft | 7s SE | 11 kt SW |
| Fri Jul 17 | 2 ft | 5s S | 11 kt SSW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 2–4 ft | 4s S | 13 kt SSW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 5–6 ft | 7s S | 15 kt SW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 4–5 ft | 7s S | 13 kt SW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 5–6 ft | 7s S | 15 kt SW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8658163 (Wrightsville Beach), the nearest tide station (12 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 06:05 — Low 0.473 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:15 — High 3.341 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:02 — Low 0.779 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:33 — High 4.013 ft
- 2026-06-07 06:55 — Low 0.442 ft
- 2026-06-07 13:01 — High 3.543 ft
Frequently asked
Is Carolina Beach Pier good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-15 11:00 UTC), Carolina Beach Pier is looking good: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the SE matches its ideal SE direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the NE.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Carolina Beach Pier 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 41110) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Wrightsville Beach). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Carolina Beach Pier?
Carolina Beach Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SE, with light wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Carolina Beach Pier 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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