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Kure Beach, North Carolina

Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Kure Beach

Index 79, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 19 miles off.

79Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)79Moderate-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)33Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kure Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Kure Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 11 AM.

FriSat
Kure Beach from its sand, nowLooking ESE from the sand at 12:21 AM, night, clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 8 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.100110120130Facing ESE 113°Wind 4 mphfrom SW, along the beachSwell 1.0 ft from ESE
Looking ESE from the sand at 12:21 AM, night, clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 8 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing ESE 113°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

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 Coastal New Hanover, and the waves at buoy 41013, 39.7 mi away.

Friday

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 foot
Water temperature
In the mid 70s
UV index
High

Waves at buoy 41013, Frying Pan Shoals

Wave height
1.6 ft
Period
8 s
From
ESE (114°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 8 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 3 s from SW
Water
80 °F
Read
Thu 11:50 PM
Distance
39.7 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.

Wave height at buoy 41013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.6 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.6 ftWave height at buoy 41013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.6 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon1.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.6 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (114°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (111°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (109°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (112°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (103°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.3 ft10 sESE (119°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.3 ft7 sESE (113°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (108°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (110°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (116°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (105°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft7 sESE (111°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.6 ft3 sWSW (251°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.6 ft7 sESE (112°)
Thu 9:50 AM1.6 ft7 sESE (117°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft7 sE (94°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft7 sESE (114°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.0 ft7 sESE (105°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.0 ft7 sESE (107°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.0 ft3 sWSW (255°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.0 ft8 sESE (107°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSE (125°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.0 ft7 sESE (108°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.0 ft8 sESE (109°)

Surf zone forecast

Coastal New Hanover, including Wrightsville Beach, Masonboro Island, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and Fort Fisher. Issued 7:33 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastFridaySaturday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf height1 foot1 to 2 feet
Water temperatureIn the mid 70s-
UV indexHigh-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
Waterspout riskNoneNone
WeatherSunny. Patchy fog earlyPartly sunny. Showers likely
High temperatureIn the lower 80sIn the upper 60s
WindsSouthwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoonBreezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph
RemarksModerate south to north longshore currentStrong north to south longshore current
TidesMercer PierHigh, 12:09 PMMercer PierHigh, 12:54 PM
Sunday
Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 6 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Monday
High rip current risk. Surf height 6 to 9 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs around 70. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tuesday
High rip current risk. Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 20 mph

Beach

County
New Hanover County
State
North Carolina
Latitude
33.9976° N
Longitude
77.9057° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kure Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Kure BeachSUNN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/24 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Southport/BrunswickSUT

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station FW7353FW7353

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Kure Beach 0.1 NNENC-NH-129

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Wilmington 7 SEWLMN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wilmington 7 SE (WLMN7), 10.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:05. measured daily

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