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Cedar Island Beach

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North Carolina (USA), Cedar Island, North Carolina (USA)
Coordinates: 35.0195, -76.3182
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Big shallow area. No tide to speak of. Good learning spot. Waves are more of a chop with onshore winds. Not a big wave sight. No surfing unless it is blowing 25kts or more directly onshore for a few days. Since this is located on the shores of a shallow sound the waves never develop a lot of power and max out at 4'-5'. The beach is relatively wide, soft sand. Occasional drift wood to lookout for when running your lines out. The beach is a few miles in either direction with very few people. The beach generally runs WNW-ESE. This area probably is best during the spring and fall when the wind will probably have some North in it. In the summer the predominate direction will be from the Southwest/East. These will mostly offshore the main beach but there are little coves and inlets that have yet to be explored that would allow kiting in these winds. Expect winds around 10-15 kts most days in the summer. From early spring to late fall expect air temps 80-90°F and water temps 70-80°F. In the winter the air temps drop to around 40-50°F and water temps about the same. It is possible to kite all year round. The water is generally warm and shallow from early spring to late fall. Water: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Smallwave. Features: Rooms, Camping, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

5 kn

S · gusts 14 kn

Waves

0.4 m

7s period

Swell

0.3 m

Tide

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Updated 24/08/2026, 01:17:26

Forecast

Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29SW00:00SW06:00SW12:00SE18:00SW00:00W06:00SE12:00SE18:00S00:00NW06:00SW12:00E18:00E00:00E06:00E12:00SE18:00S00:00SW06:00SW12:00S18:00S00:00SW06:00SW12:00SW18:00W00:00SW06:00SW12:00S18:00
Wind scale
Max 35 kn
Max 1.0 m waves
Updated 24/08/2026, 01:17:28

Data: Open-Meteo

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Big shallow area. No tide to speak of. Since this is located on the shores of a shallow sound the waves never develop a lot of power and max out at 4'-5'. These will mostly offshore the main beach but there are little coves and inlets that have yet to be explored that would allow kiting in these winds. The water is generally warm and shallow from early spring to late fall.

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