Citizen station GW5369GW5369
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Ocean Isle Beach
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina63°
65°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM, the chance peaking at 58% around 2 PM.
Now. Ocean Isle Beach is 63° and overcast at 10 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:45 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
54Air quality
73%Humidity
93%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
63feels63
30%
12mph
Today
Oct 17
6558
92%
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
6545
18mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6849
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
7149
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7152
13mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7151
14mph
Fri
Oct 23
7251
clear day
63°
65°58°
65°45°
68°49°
71°49°
71°52°
71°51°
72°51°
As of 10:00 AM in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Ocean Isle Beach
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 35 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ocean Isle Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 8 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 Ocean Isle Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 164°
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 Brunswick, and the waves at buoy 41013, 48.3 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Ocean Isle Beach West Low
- Surf height
- Ocean Isle Beach West 1 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 41013, Frying Pan Shoals
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- SW (225°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 11 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 3.3 ft at 5 s from SW
- Water
- 79 °F
- Read
- Sat 9:40 AM
- Distance
- 48.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9:40 AM | 3.6 ft | - | SW (225°) |
| Sat 8:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SW (230°) |
| Sat 7:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SW (214°) |
| Sat 6:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SW (224°) |
| Sat 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SW (223°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SW (220°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SW (231°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | WSW (240°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | SW (227°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SW (229°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | SW (228°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | SW (226°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SW (234°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | SW (231°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (240°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 9 s | E (92°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 9 s | ESE (122°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | SE (129°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 9 s | ESE (114°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (117°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | ESE (117°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (245°) |
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Brunswick, including Bald Head Island, Oak Island, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach. Issued 3:02 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Ocean Isle Beach West Low | Ocean Isle Beach West Low |
| Surf height | Ocean Isle Beach West 1 to 3 feet | Ocean Isle Beach West 1 foot |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Showers likely | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Breezy. Northwest winds around 15 mph, increasing to north around 25 mph in the afternoon | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph |
| Remarks | None | None |
| Tides | Oak IslandLow, 6:03 AMHigh, 12:59 PM | Oak IslandLow, 7:03 AMHigh, 1:52 PM |
- Monday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 20 mph
Beach
- County
- Brunswick County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.9047° N
- Longitude
- 78.3867° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ocean Isle Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ShallotteNATN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/18.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ag STNSHAN7
At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ocean Isle Beach 1.2 NENC-BR-84
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Ocean Isle Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ocean Isle Beachtown, 3 mi
- Shallottetown, 5 mi
- Holden Beachtown, 5 mi
- Sunset Beachtown, 7 mi
- Varnamtowntown, 9 mi
- Calabashtown, 10 mi
- Carolina Shorestown, 10 mi
- Oak Islandtown, 15 mi
- St. Jamestown, 16 mi
- Boliviatown, 18 mi
- Caswell Beachtown, 19 mi
- Southportcity, 21 mi
Beaches near Ocean Isle Beach
- Holden Beachunder 1 mi
- Big Beach2 mi
- Ocean Isle Beach3 mi
- Holden Beach5 mi
- Bald Beach7 mi
- Sunset Beach Park7 mi
- Long Beach13 mi
- Oak Island Cabana15 mi