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Cape Hatteras, Buxton · United States

Cape Hatteras, Buxton in February

Sea, with a tide. What an average February looks like here, from five years of weather history.

Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
15.6
Model gust, kn
21.5
Direction
NNE
Waves, m
1.3
Surf days
28
Water °C
14
Air °C
11
Sunny days
8
Rain days
9
Wetsuit
4/3

February is one of the flattest months here: 28 surf days against 30 in an average month. Best for waves: Aug, Jan and Mar.

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Season

Best for waves: Aug, Jan and Mar

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Surf days
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
15.5
15.6
15.8
14.3
13.9
12.0
12.5
11.6
13.6
14.1
14.9
15.0
Model gust, kn
21.9
21.5
21.6
19.3
18.6
16.0
16.8
15.8
18.5
19.1
20.6
20.6
Direction
NNW
NNE
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
NNE
NNE
NNE
NNE
Waves, m
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
Surf days
31
28
31
30
31
30
31
31
30
31
30
31
Water °C
14
14
16
19
21
25
27
27
26
23
20
17
Air °C
10
11
14
17
20
24
27
26
25
20
16
13
Sunny days
10
8
10
12
5
11
6
9
11
15
11
10
Rain days
10
9
8
7
10
9
15
13
9
7
7
7

Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.

From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.

Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.