Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 19 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
11.8° C
(Which is 8.6°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 3AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
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
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)77888888788779999888991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302429424240392827202025192726262625353536414961
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onglasson
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)
12:59AM
-0.09
1:59PM
-0.05
1:40AM
-0.10
2:33PM
-0.07
2:21AM
-0.10
3:06PM
-0.09
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----7:15-------7:13-------7:13---
Sunset------5:25-------5:27-------5:28-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C41113797641-104543323591012
Feels °C (?)-1-4-2-3-124220-5-7-6-2-1-1-2-3-4-20579
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