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Cedar Island Beach, North Carolina

Beach in Carteret County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Cedar Island Beach

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 24 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cedar Island Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Cedar Island Beach, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Thu 11 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat
Cedar Island Beach from its sand, nowLooking E from the sand at 11:31 PM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 2.0 ft every 7 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.RigelBetelgeuse80E100110Facing E 93°Wind 3 mphfrom E, onshoreSwell 2.0 ft from NNELongshore current, to the rightRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking E from the sand at 11:31 PM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 2.0 ft every 7 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing E 93°

300 ft

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 East Carteret, and the waves at buoy 41025, 52.8 mi away.

Friday

Rip current risk
Core Banks ModerateShackleford Banks Moderate
Surf height
Core Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 1 foot building to 2 to 3 feet
Water temperature
In the lower 70s
UV index
High

Waves at buoy 41025, Diamond Shoals

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
7 s
From
NNE (15°)
Water
83 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
52.8 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.

Wave height at buoy 41025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 41025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft7 sNNE (15°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.6 ft8 sESE (103°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft8 sE (87°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft9 sE (80°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft10 sENE (74°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.6 ft10 sE (99°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.0 ft8 sE (91°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.0 ft8 sESE (120°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft5 sSW (216°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft10 sENE (63°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.0 ft10 sE (99°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.0 ft5 sSSW (205°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.0 ft5 sSW (215°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft4 sSW (226°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.3 ft5 sSW (217°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSW (224°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.3 ft5 sSW (224°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSW (233°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSW (220°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.3 ft8 sE (89°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.0 ft8 sESE (103°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.3 ft8 sSSW (210°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.3 ft8 sSSE (167°)
Wed 11:50 PM2.3 ft9 sE (84°)

Surf zone forecast

East Carteret, including Cape Lookout National Seashore and Shackleford Banks. Issued 8:25 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastFridaySaturday
Rip current riskCore Banks ModerateShackleford Banks ModerateCore Banks LowShackleford Banks High
Surf heightCore Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 1 foot building to 2 to 3 feetCore Banks 4 to 6 feetShackleford Banks 3 to 5 feet
Water temperatureIn the lower 70s-
UV indexHigh-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherMostly sunnyPartly sunny until 8 AM, then mostly cloudy. Showers
High temperatureAround 80In the upper 60s
WindsSouthwest winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 20 mph in the afternoonWindy. North winds 25 to 30 mph
TidesCape LookoutHigh 3.9 ft, 11:28 AMCape LookoutHigh 3.7 ft, 12:23 PM

Beach

County
Carteret County
State
North Carolina
Latitude
35.0157° N
Longitude
76.3137° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cedar Island 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

Coast AT Cedar IslandCTIN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Piney IslandNBT

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW6135EW6135

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.7 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Cedar IslandCRIN7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Atlantic 0.5 WSWNC-CR-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Snow on the ground

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