Topsail Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.46° N 77.49° W

Topsail Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Topsail Island sea temperature is
28.0°C
0.5° 

Topsail Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Topsail Island today (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Topsail Island at 1PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Sat afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
S
4
0.7
S
4
1
SSW
5
0.6
S
5
0.3
SE
8
0.7
SW
5
0.5
S
5
0.7
SSW
5
1
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
52
51
51
50
38
26
25
24
24
24
17
17
17
16
18
46
17
10
23
12
24
58
43
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
NNW
5
S
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
off
glassy
High Tide
12:40PM1.60m
00:51AM1.14m
1:45PM1.60m
1:58AM1.10m
2:55PM1.61m
Low Tide
5:54AM0.07m
7:06PM0.25m
6:51AM0.09m
8:17PM0.28m
7:57AM0.10m
9:30PM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:34
7:31
7:30
 mm
2
39
Temp °C
27
27
30
30
29
27
27
26
25
25
29
31
30
28
27
26
26
25
30
33
32
26
22
Feels °C
32
32
34
32
30
30
30
30
29
29
32
32
30
29
30
29
29
27
32
35
33
29
26
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