Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 12 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 7PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.4
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)101010109999999999991010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19019218836113110333232323145464733353535353433414140
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.05
4:44AM
1.26
5:13PM
1.19
5:32AM
1.30
5:59PM
1.36
6:18AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.19
10:19PM
0.16
11:01AM
0.10
11:15PM
0.08
11:41AM
0.02
12:08AM
-0.01
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:39-------6:39
Sunset--7:38-------7:38-------7:39-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212220201919191921232120202019192324232120191919
Feels °C (?)212119201818191920211818202019182221191919181919
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