Check the Beach

South Core Banks

Carteret County, North Carolina, United States

South Core Banks 1 photo

  • View from Cape Lookout Lighthouse looking North East

    View from Cape Lookout Lighthouse looking North East. Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 10 am to 1 pm, sunset 6:21 pm
8 am
6.1
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.0
27 km/h17 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.8
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.5
28 km/h17 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.4
29 km/h18 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.4
31 km/h19 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.4
32 km/h20 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.4
33 km/h21 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.3
36 km/h22 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.4
36 km/h22 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.4
36 km/h22 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°C63°F
Water
19°C66°F
Wind
2515 km/hmph N
Gusts
3320 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:21 pm
Today
6.1Good8 am2616
6.0Good9 am2717
6.8Good10 am2314
6.5Good11 am2817
6.4Good12 pm2918
6.4Good1 pm3119
6.4Good2 pm3220
6.4Good3 pm3321
6.3Good4 pm3622
6.4Good5 pm3622
6.4Good6 pm3622
Sat
5.5Good8 am4528
5.9Good9 am4528
5.9Good10 am4427
5.9Good11 am4427
5.8Good12 pm4327
5.9Good1 pm4125
5.9Good2 pm4025
6.0Good3 pm4025
5.9Good4 pm4428
5.8Good5 pm4528
5.2Fair6 pm4326
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 5 am, 0.5 m. Low at 11 am, -0.5 m. High at 5 pm, 0.4 m. Low at 11 pm, -0.6 mHigh 5 am, 0.5 m2 ftLow 11 am, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 5 pm, 0.4 m1 ftLow 11 pm, -0.6 m2 ftNow7 am1 pm7 pm1 am
  • High 5 am, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 11 am, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 5 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 11 pm, -0.6 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.

  • Sun5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 47 km/h29 mph, rain 10%
  • Mon6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 36 km/h22 mph, rain 1%
  • Tue6.8 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 28 km/h18 mph, rain 1%
  • Wed4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 46 km/h28 mph, rain 5%
  • Thu6.2 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 38 km/h24 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 town
9.6 km5.9 miHarkers Island (village)
Nearest airport
22 km14 miMarine Corps Outlying Field (MCOF) Atlantic (12NC)

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

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