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Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 29 Jan 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
9.7° C
 (Which is 10.5°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 3PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)1616151511111817171617174456788889910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55444466656610184892113117104107144177189214
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
0.95
4:52AM
1.57
5:11PM
1.03
5:49AM
1.61
6:07PM
1.12
6:41AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
-0.03
10:02PM
-0.19
11:23AM
-0.09
11:05PM
-0.24
12:15PM
-0.16
12:02AM
-0.28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:07-------
Sunset--5:36-------5:37-------5:37-----
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mod snow
heavy snow
mod snow
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-1231000025654220010-3-3-5-6-7
Feels °C (?)-8-5-3-4-5-5-5-5-3010-2-4-5-6-7-6-7-11-13-13-16-18
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