Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
9.1° C
(Which is 10.9°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 5AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (04 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888999999999910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8610713513814514814915213213814114114412813013313613613613677636363
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
1.37
7:50AM
1.39
8:11PM
1.40
8:29AM
1.30
8:51PM
1.41
9:08AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
-0.20
1:56PM
-0.17
2:20AM
-0.15
2:31PM
-0.13
3:03AM
-0.09
3:05PM
-0.08
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:35-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------6:07-------6:08-------6:08-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818161822201918181818192221202121202122242221
Feels °C (?)181819161921191818181919192120202121202121232020
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