Posts Categorized: Fishing

Emerald Isle Water Temps for April 2024 Again, despite the weather ups-and-downs, water temps were again above normal and for the first time this year both surf and sound averaged above 60° as temps increased throughout the month. Surf ranged from a Low of 60° to a High of 68° (8° range) and averaging 64.2°… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for March 2024 March was very wet month and although some roller-coastering, in a month where we normally see a BIG rise in spring water temps, the curve was essentially FLAT! Surf ranged from a high of 61° to a low of 56° (range of only 5°) and averaging 58.5° +/-… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for January 2024 As has been the case all year, although a lot of cold front/warm front swings, temps were again above normal for the month. Surf ranged from a high of 59° to a low of 49° (10° range) and averaging 55.6° +/- 2.5. Bogue Sound had a very wide… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for December 2023 Like October and November, December is a usually a month of falling temperatures (-6°), however although a bit of rollercoastering, the plot was flat, i.e. horizontal slope of essentially zero. And as has been the case all year, above normal for the month. Surf ranged from a high… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for November 2023 Like October, November is a month if change, that is cooling and shorter days.We are now under 10 hours of daylight and had several cold fronts wander through.Surf ranged from a high of 68° to a low of 58° (10° drop) and averaging 63.8°+/- 2.5° and sound ranged… Read more »

Emerald Isle Water Temps for October 2023 October is a month if change, that is cooling and shorter days.Temps started in the mid to upper 70s and after a couple cold fronts dropped rapidly int the lower and mid 60s followed by a bit of as rebound. Surf ranged from a high of 77° to… Read more »

Although August’s temps were still above normal, as usual for July and August as well, they were pretty flat with not much variation between high and low. Surf ranged from a high of 86° to a low of 83° and averaging 84.1°+/- 0.8° and sound ranged from 89° to 80° averaging 84.6° +/- 2.3°. By… Read more »

Although July’s temps were still above normal, as usual for July and August as well, they were pretty flat with not much variation between high and low. Surf ranged from a high of 87° to a low of 81° and averaging 83.8°+/- 1.5° and sound ranged from 89° to 84° averaging 85.8° +/- 1.3°. We… Read more »

  Emerald Isle Water Temps for June 2023 Wild month started low then kept increasing rapidly throughout the month. Surf temps had a slope of nearly 0.4°/day increase in temps. with surf hitting 82° and sound at 86° by the end of the month. The surf temps ranged from a low of 72° to a… Read more »

Water temps continued to hold above normal like they have much of last year and now in 2023. March temps bounced around all month but ended up basically flat again, during a month where we usually see a big rise. Why? The weather was erratic through the month. The surf temps ranged from a low… Read more »