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Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 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
8.4° C
 (Which is 11.6°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: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)101011111212121212121212121211111111111111456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21418717018015016717213183838356554525252424121212122247
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
1.62
7:00PM
1.19
7:29AM
1.59
7:49PM
1.25
8:14AM
1.52
8:36PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
-0.20
12:57AM
-0.30
1:47PM
-0.22
1:48AM
-0.27
2:29PM
-0.22
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:05-----
Sunset----5:38-------5:39-------5:40---
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-8-8-7-5-3-3-3-6-7-7-7-2-100012245799
Feels °C (?)-17-17-15-12-9-9-9-12-13-13-12-7-5-4-4-4-3-1-202455
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