Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
16.0° C
(Which is 6.7°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 4AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (22 Nov)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)744455666666666666944666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)451215172055705316171811666338812181920
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
1.08
8:17AM
1.55
8:32PM
1.05
8:55AM
1.51
9:11PM
1.02
9:36AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
0.14
2:48PM
0.18
2:13AM
0.16
3:28PM
0.21
2:53AM
0.19
4:09PM
0.23
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------5:01-------5:00-------5:00-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C202020212124252321171514151919171716121112151515
Feels °C (?)212019191923242322171413131717161613977101112
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