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Wave Carolina Cup

Carrboro, North Carolina, United States View on map
Sep 12, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Swimming

About this race

You must be registered with US Masters in order to swim this race.

Open Water Race. This will be a 2K in Seven Lakes, NC

The course will be a Triangle 1K course (2 Times).
Start in Water
Finish out of Water.
Left Hand Turns around Buoy.

Check-in 8:30AM
Pre-Race Meeting: 10:10AM
Start: 10:30AM

You will be swimming at the same time as USA Swimming swimmers, but starting in a different Wave.  There will be 5 total waves, and the Masters wave will be wave 5.

Information with parking pass and your numbers will all be sent out after registration closes on 9/4/2026 @ 6:00PM

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/ncwave/page/meets/open-water

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Swimming

WAVE Carolina Cup

Once you register and enter your Master ID, the cost will be discounted to $45. After 8/28 cost will go up to $55.

Sep 12, 2026 2K 10:30 AM
$65.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Carrboro, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 17.7° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 28.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 17.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 33.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
13.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.1mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
73.2%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 12, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 12, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 31m

The sun rises at 6:56 AM and sets at 7:28 PM local time (EDT) in Carrboro on September 12, 2026 — 12h 31m of daylight.

Course

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 9 Carrboro events

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