Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 12 Feb 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
6.8° C
(Which is 13.3°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 4PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (12 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)77888888153447777-72333-8
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9912551114122111101122201
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47PM
0.78
4:25AM
1.23
4:39PM
0.84
5:12AM
1.29
5:25PM
0.92
5:53AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.19
9:33PM
0.09
10:58AM
0.13
10:26PM
0.03
11:39AM
0.07
11:14PM
-0.03
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:54
Sunset--5:50-------5:51-------5:52-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C610119863138988777812121112131415
Feels °C (?)256542-2-3-1455543347779101213
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