Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 EDT
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Wrightsville Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wrightsville Beach sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wrightsville Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wrightsville Beach at 12AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Wrightsville Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
1
1
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 (?)
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)49822849114711577384137252525242423232323233729292928
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
1.48
3:02AM
1.17
3:42PM
1.45
4:12AM
1.21
4:49PM
1.46
5:16AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
0.28
9:32AM
0.21
10:34PM
0.24
10:32AM
0.18
11:24PM
0.20
11:27AM
0.15
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:54-------6:56--
Sunset7:17-------7:15-------7:15-------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C252220181716192020171717171718222423201918182327
Feels °C (?)221917151413161717141515161617212323202018182327
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 6 km from Wrightsville Beach (light winds from the N at BUOY-MBNN7 6 km from Wrightsville Beach). A 0.8m swell from the E

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11 km/h
N
Cross-Off
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