Topsail Island surf break

Topsail Island surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
9.3° C
(Which is 10.8°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: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)66677787788888999999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6437519958704251778286107115142148152155132135138141128134139
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
N
10
NNE
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
1.30
7:09AM
1.46
7:29PM
1.37
7:50AM
1.39
8:11PM
1.40
8:29AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
-0.21
1:19PM
-0.18
1:35AM
-0.20
1:56PM
-0.17
2:20AM
-0.15
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:33--
Sunset6:06-------6:07-------6:07-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1297798111717171717171718201919181818181922
Feels °C (?)95346591616161717171718191718171818191921
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