Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 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
17.8° 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 10PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)555555555855888888885555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)354131312541512727172119161515151521151922293225
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
W
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
1.66
7:48AM
1.33
8:14PM
1.77
8:34AM
1.30
9:02PM
1.82
9:22AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
-0.16
1:42PM
-0.20
2:37AM
-0.19
2:26PM
-0.22
3:28AM
-0.18
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:33--
Sunset7:42-------7:43-------7:43-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252121202019252828252523212126272623222121212520
Feels °C (?)231920191919242627242322202125242222222020202414
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