Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 EST
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Topsail Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Topsail Island sea temperature is
8.9° C
(Which is 11.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Topsail Island today?

The current surf forecast for Topsail Island at 6PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Topsail Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)9910101010101010101010101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1441281331331361361367764636363676867969292434242414141
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.30
8:51PM
1.41
9:08AM
1.20
9:31PM
1.38
9:46AM
1.09
10:11PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
-0.13
3:03AM
-0.09
3:05PM
-0.08
3:47AM
-0.02
3:40PM
-0.02
4:32AM
0.07
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:30
Sunset--6:08-------6:08-------6:09-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192221212020202021242221212020202122212019191918
Feels °C (?)192119212021212121232120212121212121202019191918
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