Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
8.7° C
(Which is 11.2°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 1AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)666666666777666666666455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)314050524446567710411014956402826171619191312241722
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
1.36
9:03AM
1.31
9:29PM
1.41
9:46AM
1.22
10:17PM
1.44
10:32AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
-0.18
2:52AM
-0.17
3:08PM
-0.19
3:41AM
-0.13
3:47PM
-0.17
4:35AM
-0.07
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:48-------6:47--
Sunset5:55-------5:57-------5:58-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------11131121
Temp. °C201717181716192324222119181714151414151415151512
Feels °C (?)18161517161417212222201816141112121214121516146
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