Morning Surf Reports

Thursday 9/2/2010 (6:30 am). Hey, this is Jamie with your morning detailed report. Winds increasing out of the East at 10 – 15 but of course this is expected to change with Earls approach later today. Seas are up to around 5 ft with chest – head high and choppy waves faces. A Hurricane warning is of course posted so beware of the ocean, respect it or it will teach a mighty lesson. Be aware of rips and unless you are on a leashed device, STAY OUT OF THE WATER. SPECIAL NOTE: Hurricane Earl –410 mi S of Hatteras– is packing winds of 145 with gusts at 175 and is still expected to brush our coast overnight tonight into Friday morning. Check back with us to get the latest news and updates as we monitor this storm.

Conditions as of:

Date:  Thursday, 9/2/2010

Time:  6:50 am

Wind:  E 5 - 10

Water Temp:  Upper 70's

Tide:  Kitty Hawk: 6:46 am low / 1:17 pm high / 7:58 pm high

Size:  Chest to head and building

Wetsuit Recommendations:  
Trunks

Surface Conditions:  surface chop

Surf Forecast Overview

Thursday 8/31 **Evening 6 pm Update**: Big Earl, now a Cat 3 with 115 mph sustained and 140 mph gusts, 185 mi south of the cape, is on his way in tonight, like it or not. Swells at the DS buoy have just started hitting the 19 ft mark with a 15 second period. Bright side, he has seemed to shift to a more Northerly path which will hopefully begin to move more Northeasterly later tonight. Even with this late turn North we are likely to feel Tropical Storm if not Hurricane force winds overnight with the eye of this beast passing 30 – 50 mi east of Hatteras. Batten down the hatches, tie down what isn’t nailed down and hang on. We are going to experience some full on heaving swells tonight into Friday, some models pushing 20′ + feet. Of course with this will be considerable overwash occuring up & down the beach road. To boot, the peak of this swell coincides with our overnight high tide (Kitty Hawk 1:43 am). Needless to say conditions during this thing will be textbook Victory at Sea. I’d like to say ‘post storm’ cleaner conditions will be setting up for us but debris likely littering the surf zone may be a serious problem so be very aware. Just look for a missing… home. Behind Earl sits TS Fiona and now TD Gaston… the mighty Atlantic is going off folks, stay tuned to the daily reports & the forecast to stay on top of it all~ obxsurfinfo.com

Day/Date

Swell
Dir.

Swell
Size

Avg.
Prd.

Surf
Size

Wind
(mph)

Surface
Conditions
Friday 9/3ESE12 - 15 ft14double overhead NW 30 - 40, shift W 15 - 25heavy swell & water movement, choppyyellow
Saturday 9/4ESE4 - 5 + ft11chest - shoulder +NW 5 - 15cleaning upred
Sunday 9/5ESE3 - 4 ft11waist - stomachNE 5- 10, shift E 5 - 10semi cleanyellow
Extended Forecast
Monday 9/6SE2 - 3 ft8knee - waistE 5 - 10semi cleanred
Tuessday 9/7SE2 - 3 ft8knee - waistNE 5 - 10semi cleanred

Disclaimer:All forecasts are based on weather data provided from multiple sources and are subject to change. When the weather changes, the surf changes. There is also a larger margin of error in the extended forecast. Please keep this in mind when planning your next surf trip. Forecasts are updated daily to catch any significant changes in the weather pattern. Swell Direction and Swell Size are given for the open ocean within 30 miles of all Outer Banks beaches including the South facing beaches of Frisco. Surf size is based on conditions specifically for Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk. Remeber, swell direction may cause a large variation in surf size from one beach to the next.


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