Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 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
16.2° C
(Which is 5.1°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 11AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010111110101010101010101099999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15413514312812392947158565554132100969610684323131454547
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
0
ENE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
1.20
3:27PM
0.94
3:52AM
1.23
4:23PM
1.05
4:44AM
1.26
5:13PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.25
9:17PM
0.23
10:18AM
0.19
10:19PM
0.16
11:01AM
0.10
11:15PM
0.08
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset----7:37-------7:38-------7:38---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171721262418171716161820191918181818202221201919
Feels °C (?)151518252216161614141518171817171717181918181818
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