Masonboro Inlet surf break

Masonboro Inlet surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 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
15.0° C
(Which is 6.1°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 9AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)886666776776777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25723915113511295202180965957971001149910210289899191919396
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
1.23
6:28PM
1.18
6:49AM
1.24
7:18PM
1.25
7:35AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.02
12:27PM
0.04
12:45AM
-0.02
1:14PM
-0.01
1:35AM
-0.05
1:56PM
-0.04
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---7:03-------7:01-------7:00----
Sunset------7:29-------7:30-------7:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C978101314151617161617181819191919191921212120
Feels °C (?)302589111313131416161616171717181819171819
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