Hatteras Island Fishing Report

Today was mostly sunny with scattered showers. The high was 86 while the low was 81 with light to strong winds. Gusts up to 36mph. Currently it’s 82, feels like 85, with SSW winds around 16mph. Gusts around 28mph. Tomorrow temps and winds will be comparable to today’s. Likely going to see scattered showers again as well.

Sound water temp: 83-85

Ocean water temp: 78-79


Surf: Bluefish, Croaker, Sea Mullet

Sound: No report.

Inshore: Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel

Offshore: No report.

Releases: No report.


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See what was biting on this day 1 year ago.

  • (8/2/2025) Today was overcast with scattered rain. The high was 79 while the low was 75 with light to strong winds. Gusts up to 37mph. Currently it’s 75, feels like 74, with NNE winds around 13mph. Gusts around 30mph. Tomorrow will bring similar temps and winds. Radar is clear for now. Sound water temp: 81-86 Ocean… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 2 years ago.

  • (8/2/2024) Today’s high was 88 while the low was 80 with light to moderate winds. Gusts up to 28mph. Currently it’s 82, feels like 90, with SW winds around 9mph. Tomorrow’s temps aren’t going to be much different but the winds will be increased. Winds are predicted to get up to 20mph with gusts nearing 30mph.… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 3 years ago.

  • (8/2/2023) The high was 80 while the low was 73 with light to gentle winds. Gusts up to 25mph today. Currently it’s 73 with NE winds around 5mph. Tomorrow’s winds should be lighter while temps will remain about the same. Sound water temp: 77-79 Ocean water temp: ~79 Surf: Bluefish, Croaker, Flounder, Pompano, Red Drum, Sea… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 4 years ago.

  • (8/2/2022) High today was 86. Real feel was 96. Winds have been gentle to moderate and SW for the most part. Tomorrow’s winds look to be decreasing so fingers crossed. The high for tomorrow is predicted to be 88 so prepare for it to be hotter than today. Water temp was between 83.3 and 85.1. Surf… Continue Reading

See what was biting on this day 5 years ago.

  • (8/2/2021) Turned out to be a decent day today. Last day of sunshine before a few days of heavy rain moving in. Our high temperature today was 84F. We have winds out of the East this evening at 14mph. Fishing was pretty much non-existent yesterday due to the rain. Today was a little better. We had… Continue Reading

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