Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
17.9° C
(Which is 3.6°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 12PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SE
0.7
SSW
0.4
SE
0.8
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)555585858888888555555567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254142401926172716151515151820212122323319142782
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
NNW
25
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.33
8:14PM
1.77
8:34AM
1.30
9:02PM
1.82
9:22AM
1.25
9:52PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
-0.20
2:37AM
-0.19
2:26PM
-0.22
3:28AM
-0.18
3:12PM
-0.21
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:33------
Sunset----7:43-------7:43-------7:44---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C201925282624242221212526252322212222252114111011
Feels °C (?)20192427252323222021242422222221232224169768
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