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Best overall windows are northeast groundswells with west (offshore) winds.
The break can also fire on southerly energy and usually works across most tides, but quality jumps when longer-period NE energy and a falling-to-mid tide line up.
Surf GuideNorth Carolina
Nags Head Pier
Long, jettied beachbreak at the Nags Head Pier that bends swell into quick lefts and rights over a shifting sandbar, often producing punchy, hollow peaks when NE groundswell aligns with a west offshore. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Nags Head Pier in North Carolina.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelIntermediate - Advanced
LocationNorth Carolina, US
Live conditions
- Waves 1-2 ft+
- Period 8 s
- Wind N 6 kt
Tide curve (forecast)
2.4 ftrising
- Low0.3 ft
- High3.9 ft
- Low0.6 ft
- High3.9 ft
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Frequent shifting sandbars and an active rip system near the pier concentrate peaks and create punchy, short walls - watch for fishermen lines and strong currents near the structure.
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