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Beaches/North Carolina/Rodanthe Public Beach Access
Rodanthe Public Beach Access, North Carolina
Beach in Dare County, North Carolina* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 12 feet expected in the surf zone. Waves currently forecast to peak Sunday evening and night. * 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.
68°
82°/66°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 68°·Calm 0 mph SW
Alert. A High Surf Advisory is in force for Rodanthe Public Beach Access until 8 PM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (80%).
Now. Rodanthe Public Beach Access is 68° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 68° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (82%) and Sunday (55%). Rain is possible Monday (48%) and Tuesday (34%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
97%Humidity
80%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
68feels68
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8266
15mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6858
82%
26mph
Sun
Oct 18
6753
55%
30mph
Mon
Oct 19
6957
48%
25mph
Tue
Oct 20
6957
34%
22mph
Wed
Oct 21
6957
21%
21mph
Thu
Oct 22
6957
24%
20mph
68°
82°66°
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67°53°
69°57°
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69°57°
As of 3:00 AM in Rodanthe Public Beach Access, North Carolina.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rodanthe Public Beach Access
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Rodanthe Public Beach Access, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 90°
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 Hatteras Island, and the waves at buoy 41025, 39.6 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk in effect north of cape hatteras 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
- North of Cape Hatteras ModerateSouth of Cape Hatteras Low
- Surf height
- North of Cape Hatteras 2 to 3 feetSouth of Cape Hatteras 1 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 70s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41025, Diamond Shoals
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- N (7°)
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Fri 2:50 AM
- Distance
- 39.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | N (7°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | N (2°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | N (4°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 9 s | E (80°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ENE (74°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | E (99°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (91°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | SW (216°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ENE (63°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | E (99°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | SSW (205°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | SW (215°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | SW (217°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SW (224°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | SW (224°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SW (233°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SW (220°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (89°) |
Surf zone forecast
Hatteras Island, including Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras Village, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Issued 8:25 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | North of Cape Hatteras ModerateSouth of Cape Hatteras Low | North of Cape Hatteras ModerateSouth of Cape Hatteras Moderate |
| Surf height | North of Cape Hatteras 2 to 3 feetSouth of Cape Hatteras 1 to 3 feet | North of Cape Hatteras 6 to 9 feetSouth of Cape Hatteras 4 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Mostly cloudy. Showers |
| High temperature | Around 80 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph |
| Tides | Cape HatterasHigh 3.4 ft, 11:51 AM | Cape HatterasHigh 3.2 ft, 12:46 PM |
Beach
- County
- Dare County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 35.5945° N
- Longitude
- 75.4632° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Rodanthe Public Beach Access, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW5918FW5918
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.1 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/25.0 mi away/1 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rodanthe 1.0 SSENC-DR-51
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/24.7 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Rodanthe Public Beach Access
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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