Southern Duck Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Best 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.

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 2026-08-26 10:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

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).

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 working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 10:00 UTC), Southern Duck is fair: the live 0–2 ft medium-period swell from the E matches its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the SE.

Is Southern Duck good for beginners?

Southern Duck is best for improving and intermediate surfers — it's most often good on 2–4 ft surf, manageable on its smaller days but a step up from true beginner conditions. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Southern Duck?

Southern Duck tends to be best on a high incoming tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Southern Duck?

The best swell direction for Southern Duck is from the east (E). Swell arriving from the east lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Southern Duck?

Southern Duck is most often good with light wind from the southwest (SW) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

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.

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.

Nearby spots

• Kitty Hawk Pier — 4 mi
• Bennett St Kitty Hawk — 5 mi
• Eckner Street — 5 mi
• Old Station Laundromats — 7 mi
• Avalon Pier — 9 mi

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