Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 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
13.8° C
(Which is 7.0°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 2AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (25 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)877766666666676666666774
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4372612321419894806452565040403847474540353526252434
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:56AM
1.33
1:23PM
1.01
1:56AM
1.27
2:26PM
1.00
3:02AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
-0.00
7:50AM
0.10
7:43PM
0.05
9:01AM
0.10
8:59PM
0.05
10:01AM
0.06
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:07-------7:05--
Sunset7:24-------7:25-------7:27-------
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1087677111516161616161618202019181818182225
Feels °C (?)31222371114141516161517171717151516161922
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