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Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
12.4° C
 (Which is 8.0°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 7AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SE
0.3
SSW
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)445566666665856767688888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13165542325471486422151311522381917232832312928
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
1.40
6:33PM
0.94
6:59AM
1.43
7:12PM
0.99
7:36AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
-0.02
12:49PM
0.02
12:19AM
-0.06
1:24PM
-0.02
12:59AM
-0.09
1:59PM
-0.05
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----7:15-------7:15-------7:15---
Sunset------5:23-------5:24-------5:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------24772--------
Temp. °C8887101515141211107766322112688
Feels °C (?)35546910119974323-2-2-2-3-3-2244
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