Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
16.0° C
(Which is 6.7°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: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)--
Afternoon (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (23 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SE
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)566999999888899444566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43388121281211111177771120596014814812792
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
1.02
9:36AM
1.47
9:54PM
1.00
10:19AM
1.42
10:42PM
1.00
11:06AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.21
2:53AM
0.19
4:09PM
0.23
3:36AM
0.22
4:53PM
0.25
4:26AM
0.24
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717151312131616151618191920212021212120202325
Feels °C (?)1714151210891212121316171818191820212120202222
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