Masonboro Inlet surf break

Masonboro Inlet surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 EDT
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Masonboro Inlet surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Masonboro Inlet sea temperature is
13.8° C
(Which is 7.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Masonboro Inlet today?

The current surf forecast for Masonboro Inlet at 2PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s

Table - waves today at Masonboro Inlet. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)664555577567888886676676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26262332504236119531209116118427030229513510916782734371
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
NW
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
1.21
4:31PM
1.03
5:00AM
1.22
5:33PM
1.10
5:58AM
1.23
6:28PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.13
10:49PM
0.05
11:35AM
0.09
11:51PM
0.02
12:27PM
0.04
12:45AM
-0.02
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise-7:05-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset----7:27-------7:28-------7:29---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181822252421191110891212119889131515161717
Feels °C (?)161620222119196411344222481112131415
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