Rodanthe Pier Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Rodanthe Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with light wind from the NW, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | light wind from the NW |
| Best tide | mid & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-06-07 00:56 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.
| Wave height | 3.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 5s |
| Swell direction | S (180°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44095 (14 mi away) |
| Wind | 21 kt from the SW — NDBC ORIN7 (15 mi away) |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8652587 (OREGON INLET MARINA), the nearest tide station (15 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:07 — High 1.074 ft
- 2026-06-06 07:44 — Low 0.239 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:39 — High 0.711 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:47 — Low 0.308 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:51 — High 1.043 ft
- 2026-06-07 08:15 — Low 0.224 ft
Frequently asked
Is Rodanthe Pier good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-07 00:56 UTC), Rodanthe Pier is fair: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the S is off its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is strong from the SW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Rodanthe Pier come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44095) and the nearest NOAA tide station (OREGON INLET MARINA). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Rodanthe Pier?
Rodanthe Pier is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with light wind from the NW, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Rodanthe Pier is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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