Surf City, United States

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Surf City Pier 1
Surf City Pier. Photo: Robert Bourdeaux - Kloudmedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Surf City

Surf City is a town in North Carolina, United States. From Surf City you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Surf City Pier, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 32 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is ILM, 37 km away.

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Staying in Surf City

  • 32 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: ILM, 37 km, OAJ, 45 km, EWN, 85 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Surf City.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Surf City: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Surf City Pier0.2 kmabout 5 min by car4 ft244 kJwind from the north, 15 knots, offshore, too small3 ft101 kJwind from the north-north-west, 10 knots, offshore, too small2 ft23 kJwind from the north, 8 knots, offshore, too small2 ft35 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore, too small2 ft7 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore, too small3 ft39 kJwind from the north-north-east, 14 knots, too small4 ft129 kJwind from the north-north-east, 14 knots, too small
All readings for Surf City Pier: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Surf City Pier, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct24, too small4 ft8 ssoft244kJwind from the north, 15 knots, offshore19°C
Tue 20Oct17, too small3 ft8 ssoft101kJwind from the north-north-west, 10 knots, offshore21°C
Wed 21Oct12, too small2 ft5 smushy23kJwind from the north, 8 knots, offshore20°C
Thu 22Oct10, too small2 ft7 smushy35kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore19°C
Fri 23Oct6, too small2 ft4 smushy7kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore20°C
Sat 24Oct6, too small3 ft6 smushy39kJwind from the north-north-east, 14 knots20°C
Sun 25Oct14, too small4 ft6 smushy129kJwind from the north-north-east, 14 knots21°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Surf City, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Surf City

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits