Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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
9.3° C
(Which is 10.7°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 9PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)988885566666677788888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2625242332334956604560875747667794116122153156160164145
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
1.21
6:25AM
1.49
6:45PM
1.30
7:09AM
1.46
7:29PM
1.37
7:50AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
-0.20
12:39PM
-0.16
12:48AM
-0.21
1:19PM
-0.18
1:35AM
-0.20
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset6:05-------6:06-------6:07-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1819169678101076791011161717171717171820
Feels °C (?)151715612366224679151617171717171919
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