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Beaches/North Carolina/Coquina Beach
Coquina Beach, North Carolina
Beach in Dare County, North Carolina* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. Waves currently forecast to peak at 10 to 12 feet Sunday. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 2 PM Saturday to 8 PM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There is potential that high surf advisory criteria could last through much of the upcoming work-week.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
69°
77°/68°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 7 mph NE
Alert. A High Surf Advisory is in force for Coquina Beach until 8 PM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 9 AM (80%).
Now. Coquina Beach is 69° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 68°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 66°. Rain is likely Saturday (82%) and Sunday (51%). Rain is possible Monday (47%) and Tuesday (32%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 35 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
93%Humidity
80%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
69feels69
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
7768
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8166
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6658
82%
30mph
Sun
Oct 18
6654
51%
35mph
Mon
Oct 19
6857
47%
32mph
Tue
Oct 20
6758
32%
29mph
Wed
Oct 21
6857
20%
29mph
69°
77°68°
81°66°
66°58°
66°54°
68°57°
67°58°
68°57°
As of 10:00 PM in Coquina Beach, North Carolina.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Coquina Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Coquina Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 69°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Northern Outer Banks, and the waves at buoy 44056, 26.8 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk in effect from 8 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening
- In force High surf advisory in effect from 2 PM Saturday to 8 PM EDT Monday
Friday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 60s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF
- Wave height
- 4.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- NE (42°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 4.6 ft at 7 s from NE
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:00 PM
- Distance
- 26.8 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 7 s | NE (42°) |
| Thu 9:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (46°) |
| Thu 8:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 6:30 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (29°) |
| Thu 5:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 4:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 3:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | NNE (14°) |
| Thu 2:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Thu 1:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 12:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 11:30 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 10:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 9:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 8:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (88°) |
| Thu 7:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 6:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 5:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (94°) |
| Thu 4:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 3:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 2:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 1:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (104°) |
| Thu 12:30 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (105°) |
| Wed 11:30 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (109°) |
Surf zone forecast
Northern Outer Banks, including Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head. Issued 8:25 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 4 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 60s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Partly sunny until 12 PM, then sunny | Mostly cloudy. Showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph |
| Tides | Duck PierHigh 3.7 ft, 11:50 AM | Duck PierLow 1.2 ft, 6:11 AMHigh 3.5 ft, 12:35 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Dare County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 35.8341° N
- Longitude
- 75.5577° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Coquina Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW5918FW5918
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.7 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wanchese 1.0 ENENC-DR-103
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManteoMNTN7
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Coquina Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wanchesecommunity, 5 mi
- Manteotown, 8 mi
- Nags Headtown, 10 mi
- Manns Harborcommunity, 13 mi
- Kill Devil Hillstown, 15 mi
- Rodanthecommunity, 17 mi
- Kitty Hawktown, 19 mi
- Wavescommunity, 19 mi
- Salvocommunity, 20 mi
- Southern Shorestown, 22 mi
- Ducktown, 26 mi
- Grandycommunity, 33 mi
Beaches near Coquina Beach
- Rodanthe Public Beach Access17 mi
- Bald Beach29 mi
- Old Lighthouse Beach40 mi
- Currituck Beach41 mi
- Bugsy Beach42 mi
- Batemans Beach57 mi
- Bible Shore59 mi
- Bailey Shore61 mi