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Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 16 Feb 2026 EST
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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
7.5° C
 (Which is 12.8°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 3AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (17 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)8788812111111111111111211131366141413136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9099116155781801258989899090906763848384906358555436
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
1.07
7:00AM
1.30
7:11PM
1.15
7:39AM
1.30
7:53PM
1.20
8:21AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
-0.17
1:22PM
-0.15
1:35AM
-0.21
2:00PM
-0.20
2:18AM
-0.22
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset5:54-------5:55-------5:57-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C119666681113121416161718191917161616161720
Feels °C (?)652344689101215151515141514141415151518
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