Topsail Island Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.46° N 77.49° W)

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Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 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 27.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Topsail Island today?

The current surf forecast for Topsail Island at 7AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (17 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

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		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	SE	SE	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	28	71	77	72	78	25	32	31	29	66	106	155	257	265	333	453	522	1274	1001	1139	1331	1437	1520	1697
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	SE	SSE	S	WSW	WNW	WNW	NNE	SE	SE	SE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 1.09				3:05PM 1.59				3:19AM 1.06				4:13PM 1.62				4:29AM 1.08					5:16PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 0.21				8:08AM 0.03				9:39PM 0.22				9:15AM 0.04				10:47PM 0.20				10:23AM 0.03

		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	26	24	23	22	27	31	30	27	27	26	25	24	29	30	29	27	26	25	23	23	26	29	28	27
Feels °C (?)	29	27	26	24	28	32	31	30	30	29	27	26	32	31	30	29	28	27	25	25	27	30	30	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Topsail Island (light winds from the N at New River Marine Corps Air Station Airport 29 km from Topsail Island). 1.1m 7s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
2 hours 12 minutes ago Topsail Island

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29 km away, 2 h 12 min ago

7 km/h

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27.5

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