Masonboro Inlet Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.18° N 77.82° W)

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Masonboro Inlet surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 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 28.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Masonboro Inlet today?

The current surf forecast for Masonboro Inlet at 10AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Evening (21 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	4216	2299	1208	902	626	485	383	322	285	190	246	210	207	161	155	158	122	122	204	221	132	136	148	155
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:10AM 1.14				7:38PM 1.41					8:01AM 1.19				8:23PM 1.40				8:47AM 1.23				9:05PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				1:23PM -0.00					2:08AM 0.09				2:12PM -0.01				2:50AM 0.06				2:58PM 0.00

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	24	24	27	28	30	28	25	23	22	21	24	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	24	25	26	25
Feels °C (?)	24	24	26	28	31	29	26	23	23	21	24	26	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	26	27	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Masonboro Inlet (light winds from the N at BUOY-MBNN7 1 km from Masonboro Inlet). 3.5m 14s groundswell from the ESE with a 1.2m 5s windswell from the N. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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