Topsail Island Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.46° N 77.49° W)

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Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 27 Oct 2025 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 20.3° C
(Which is 3.7°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 12AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (28 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Evening (28 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	7	9	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	139	194	200	109	81	121	84	131	295	313	446	643	509	365	305	306	235	210	116	96	92	65	62	45
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSE	WSW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				12:05AM 1.01				12:40PM 1.40				1:04AM 1.02				1:38PM 1.38					2:07AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 0.39				5:50AM 0.35				7:18PM 0.40				6:50AM 0.36					8:14PM 0.37			7:58AM 0.34

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	15	17
Feels °C (?)	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	7	8	9	10	10	12	14	15	15	15	15	18	17	10	12

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