Masonboro Inlet surf break

Masonboro Inlet surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 26 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
13.7° C
(Which is 7.2°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: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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 (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)666666645555577568888866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3333222626262623244257594911965124154157180277277184187
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
NW
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23PM
0.98
3:56AM
1.21
4:31PM
1.03
5:00AM
1.22
5:33PM
1.10
5:58AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.15
9:40PM
0.08
10:36AM
0.13
10:49PM
0.05
11:35AM
0.09
11:51PM
0.02
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------7:05-------7:03-------7:03
Sunset--7:27-------7:27-------7:28-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121191918181822252420191087911121087810
Feels °C (?)1918171616151616202220181841-112431125
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