Masonboro Inlet surf break

Masonboro Inlet surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 EST
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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
8.2° C
(Which is 12.1°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 4PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.7
SW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)55556610105667888888884888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1532351727753226475386967983634632322018121212
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
W
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
10
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
1.25
10:03PM
1.18
10:16AM
1.17
10:46PM
1.15
10:56AM
1.09
11:30PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
-0.09
4:17AM
-0.08
4:39PM
-0.05
5:02AM
-0.00
5:18PM
-0.00
5:47AM
0.07
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:03-------
Sunset--5:44-------5:45-------5:45-----
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--25323-----------------
Temp. °C11121010963201111-1-1-126777853
Feels °C (?)8109773-2-3-6-5-6-5-5-7-6-6-211321-2-4
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