Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 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
15.4° C
(Which is 5.6°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 5AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1.2
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
SSE
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)886667778888888888886666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12213196888810211510496104104104107126112115132192757314086121205
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.42
8:55AM
1.18
9:20PM
1.38
9:37AM
1.10
10:04PM
1.33
10:19AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
-0.09
3:09PM
-0.06
3:40AM
-0.03
3:42PM
-0.00
4:16AM
0.04
4:13PM
0.07
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise---6:56-------6:54-------6:52----
Sunset------7:32-------7:34-------7:34-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C212120202122222121202020222322212020202023232221
Feels °C (?)212020202020212221202121212120212018181920191919
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