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difficulty
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crowd
100M
wave length
BEACH
break type
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WAVE QUALITY
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Atlantic Beach
Peak
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Cape Lookout
Peak
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Peak
Ocracoke
Peak
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S Turns
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Firing waves and nice tubes at S Turns
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S Turns Surf Spot

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

Located on the Outer Banks in North Carolina, S Turns is a very popular, fun beach break setup that unloads over a shallow sand bottom. This wave has been compared to beach breaks over in France like Hossegor. The waves here are heavy and explode for about 100 meters providing some excellent, deep pits. Although there are waves of similar quality around, media attention has made this break-in particular quite the zoo at times. Strong currents when big.

What are the best surf conditions for S Turns?

Gets good from waist high to double overhead. A shortboard or step up is best here when the waves turn on. This break is best suited to intermediate and advanced surfers. The surf here usually has a wave (5/10) and can get super crowded (9/10). Works on all tides depending on the sandbars. Offshore winds come from the West. Works on swells from the North, Northeast, South, Southeast, and East.

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

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100M LONG WAVE
Beach break OVER Sand BOTTOM

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Seasonal surf conditions at S Turns

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 S Turns. It also shows the peak, shoulder and off peak seasons for surfing at S Turns. Check today's S Turns surf report for current conditions.

Air and sea temperature for surfing at S Turns

The air and sea temperatures at S Turns 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 S Turns. Discover them below:

2.6KM

Rodanthe Pier

6
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast
40.1KM

Cape Hatteras

7
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast
45.4KM

Frisco

7
Peak | Exp Surfers
100m long
Surf forecast
67.4KM

Ocracoke

4
Peak | Exp Surfers
150m long
Surf forecast
145.7KM

Cape Lookout

6
Peak | Exp Surfers
150m long
Surf forecast
153.2KM

Atlantic Beach

6
Peak | Exp Surfers
150m long
Surf forecast

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