Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 11 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
16.2° C
(Which is 5.1°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 6PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101010999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143128123222947158565554132103989686843231444445464959
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
0
ESE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
0.94
3:52AM
1.23
4:23PM
1.05
4:44AM
1.26
5:13PM
1.19
5:32AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.25
9:17PM
0.23
10:18AM
0.19
10:19PM
0.16
11:01AM
0.10
11:15PM
0.08
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:41-------6:39
Sunset--7:37-------7:38-------7:38-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222624211817171719201919191818182122211919191918
Feels °C (?)202522201717161517181718181718182019181718191917
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