Cape Hatteras, NC:

well.....the hurricane swell is showing. the tide has already been up to the dune line at frisco pier and the storm is still 400+ miles from here.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

wind forecast for today is S at 10 to 15 mph. dare county has mandatory evacuation for all non-residents.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

East winds with an ese swell. Pretty sloppy. Still to early to tell exactly which way the storm will move but looks like we will take a beating no matter what. Ockracoke goes under evacuation for tourists this am.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

the calm before the storm. wind forecast to be NE at 10 to 15 mph. low tide around 10:45 AM. water temp mid 70's.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

SW wind swell coming in. it's a little bigger over in frisco, maybe chest high on sets. wind forecast to be W at 10 to 15 mph switching to the N at 5 to 10 mph this afternoon. water temp in the mid 70's.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

mostly just close out shorebreak when it comes in. some flat spells. as glassy as it can be.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

a bit on the shallow side this morning but bigger than it's been. wind is forecast to be light and variable becoming S this afternoon.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

It looks bad.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

it takes a while for a rideable wave to come in but they are there. calm winds and clean conditions

Cape Hatteras, NC:

sightly more than yesterday but bad winds this am.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

Nice and glassy, a beautiful morning,no surf.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

The long walk back to your car, shoulders slumped, head down. It rained last night,the winds are dead calm, the moon is full, a front went through, maybe it's rideable. Nope.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

small junky wind swell.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

similar to yesterday. Not quite as windy and slightly more surf. Every now and then a waist high one comes in.

Cape Hatteras, NC:

Forecast is for east winds at 5-10 but it's much harder than that already. Very little shape to the swell but there is whitewater so it is rideable, maybe.