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Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 Jan 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
12.4° C
 (Which is 8.0°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 8PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)667788888888877999988999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)192629242341424039281520201918272626262525263641
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
0.99
7:36AM
1.44
7:50PM
1.04
8:12AM
1.43
8:29PM
1.09
8:49AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
-0.02
12:59AM
-0.09
1:59PM
-0.05
1:40AM
-0.10
2:33PM
-0.07
2:21AM
-0.10
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------7:15-------7:13-------7:13-
Sunset5:24-------5:25-------5:27-------
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
111----------------------
Temp. °C6541113787641-10454332359
Feels °C (?)30-1-4-2-3-123320-5-7-6-20-2-2-3-4-216
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