Check the Beach

Sand Island

Carteret County, North Carolina, United States

No photo of Sand Island yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 1 pm to 4 pm, sunset 6:20 pm
8 am
6.1
29 km/h18 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.4
27 km/h17 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.3
28 km/h17 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.3
29 km/h18 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.3
30 km/h18 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.4
30 km/h18 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.5
30 km/h18 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.4
31 km/h19 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.2
36 km/h22 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.4
32 km/h20 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.1
38 km/h23 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
17°C62°F
Water
18°C64°F
Wind
2515 km/hmph N
Gusts
3321 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:20 pm
Today
6.1Good8 am2918
6.4Good9 am2717
6.3Good10 am2817
6.3Good11 am2918
6.3Good12 pm3018
6.4Good1 pm3018
6.5Good2 pm3018
6.4Good3 pm3119
6.2Good4 pm3622
6.4Good5 pm3220
6.1Good6 pm3823
Sat
5.3Fair8 am4327
5.7Good9 am4125
5.7Good10 am4025
5.7Good11 am4126
5.8Good12 pm4025
5.8Good1 pm4025
5.9Good2 pm4025
5.6Good3 pm4025
5.6Good4 pm4226
5.5Good5 pm4126
4.9Fair6 pm4125
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 5 am, 0.4 m. Low at 11 am, -0.5 m. High at 5 pm, 0.3 m. Low at 11 pm, -0.5 mHigh 5 am, 0.4 m1 ftLow 11 am, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 5 pm, 0.3 m1 ftLow 11 pm, -0.5 m2 ftNow8 am2 pm8 pm2 am
  • High 5 am, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 11 am, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 5 pm, 0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 11 pm, -0.5 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 50 km/h31 mph, rain 6%
  • Mon5.8 GoodBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 1%
  • Tue7.0 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 1%
  • Wed3.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 48 km/h30 mph, rain 6%
  • Thu6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 10%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
15 km9 miMarine Corps Outlying Field (MCOF) Atlantic (12NC)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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