Masonboro Inlet surf break

Masonboro Inlet surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 Apr 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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.8°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 5AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.7
SW
0.4
ESE
0.5
SW
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)555558858585888888855777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303032264726262626252413241114171718212839141414
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
35
NNW
30
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
1.39
8:26AM
1.19
8:49PM
1.44
9:14AM
1.17
9:39PM
1.46
10:05AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
-0.05
2:49PM
-0.11
3:30AM
-0.07
3:36PM
-0.12
4:20AM
-0.05
4:24PM
-0.10
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:35----
Sunset------7:44-------7:44-------7:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C212120192527272623222221252726232222222225201210
Feels °C (?)1919191824262524222122212424222221222221241255
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