Southern Duck Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Southern Duck is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | light wind from the SW |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-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 2026-06-26 11:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 1.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 4s |
| Swell direction | SE (131°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44056 (3 mi away) |
| Wind | 11 kt from the WSW — NDBC DUKN7 (2 mi away) |
Southern Duck 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Southern Duck from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jun 26 | 1–2 ft | 6s SE | 15 kt S |
| Sat Jun 27 | 1–2 ft | 7s SE | 13 kt WSW |
| Sun Jun 28 | 1 ft | 10s E | 9 kt ENE |
| Mon Jun 29 | 1–2 ft | 9s E | 10 kt ENE |
| Tue Jun 30 | 2 ft | 9s E | 12 kt E |
| Wed Jul 1 | 2–3 ft | 7s ESE | 12 kt SSW |
| Thu Jul 2 | 1–2 ft | 8s E | 14 kt NE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8651370 (DUCK PIER), the nearest tide station (2 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 06:12 — Low 0.291 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:16 — High 2.716 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:19 — Low 0.671 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:24 — High 3.074 ft
- 2026-06-07 06:55 — Low 0.255 ft
- 2026-06-07 13:03 — High 2.85 ft
Frequently asked
Is Southern Duck good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:30 UTC), Southern Duck is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the SE is off its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is strong from the SW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Southern Duck 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 44056) and the nearest NOAA tide station (DUCK PIER). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Southern Duck?
Southern Duck is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Southern Duck 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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