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Consistency
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difficulty
4
crowd
150M
wave length
BEACH
break type
6
WAVE QUALITY
Atlantic Beach
Peak
Cape Hatteras
Peak
Cape Lookout
Peak
Frisco
Peak
Ocracoke
Peak
Rodanthe Pier
Peak
S Turns
Peak
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Cape Lookout Surf Spot

North America,  North Carolina,  North Carolina - Outer Banks South
  • What's it like?
  • Forecast
  • Seasons
  • Popular questions

Located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Cape Lookout is a fun, changeable beach break that breaks over a sand bottom. The waves here can be mushy and best suited to longboarding one day and switch to heaving barrels the next. Much depends on the swell and the configuration of the sandbanks. The waves can break for up to 150 meters providing some great sections for cruising, manoeuvres, or barrels depending on the day. Lots of camping in the area.

What are the best surf conditions for Cape Lookout?

Gets good from chest high to double overhead. We recommend riding your longboard or shortboard here, again, depends on the day. This break is suitable for all levels of surfers. The surf here usually has a wave to surf (5/10) and is generally uncrowded (4/10). The best winds come for the Northwest or West. The best swells come from the Northeast or Southeast. Works on all tides depending on the sandbars.

We recommend wearing boardshorts or a bikini in the summer when water temperatures rise to 28 degrees. In the winter a 5/4 is best when the water temps drop to 12 degrees. See the temperature chart below for more data on this.

 

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150M LONG WAVE
Beach break OVER Sand BOTTOM

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Seasonal surf conditions at Cape Lookout

The chart below shows seasonal surf data over a 12 month period. Consistency of swells are only recorded for a swell with a period of more than 7 seconds. This data is for the region and not necessarily specific to Cape Lookout. It also shows the peak, shoulder and off peak seasons for surfing at Cape Lookout. Check today's Cape Lookout surf report for current conditions.

Air and sea temperature for surfing at Cape Lookout

The air and sea temperatures at Cape Lookout surf spot are listed below on average over a 12 month period. See our recommendations on what to wear.

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Other Surf Spots Nearby

There are 6 other surf spots near Cape Lookout. Discover them below:

20.7KM

Atlantic Beach

6
Peak | Exp Surfers
150m long
Surf forecast
78.8KM

Ocracoke

4
Peak | Exp Surfers
150m long
Surf forecast
104.8KM

Frisco

7
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast
114.8KM

Cape Hatteras

7
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast
144KM

Rodanthe Pier

6
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast
145.7KM

S Turns

6
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast

Cape Lookout surf map

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