Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 15 Jul 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
26.0° C
(Which is 2.1°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 10PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)--
Afternoon (15 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (15 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wed
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)555566666665556555555656555658888888888887885999999998856866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4740374647444656585766786569638377868294881551196985981089514158485073514749424040383933333775363029295529252727281721783433
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
15
S
15
S
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SW
10
NNE
0
SSE
10
N
15
NE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
1.34
12:19PM
1.30
12:37AM
1.27
1:11PM
1.34
1:26AM
1.20
2:05PM
1.37
2:20AM
1.13
3:05PM
1.40
3:22AM
1.09
4:10PM
1.44
4:30AM
1.08
5:14PM
1.50
5:35AM
1.11
6:11PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
0.09
6:02AM
-0.01
6:35PM
0.15
6:55AM
0.01
7:47PM
0.19
7:54AM
0.02
8:57PM
0.18
8:53AM
0.01
10:00PM
0.16
9:50AM
-0.02
10:59PM
0.12
10:46AM
-0.04
11:56PM
0.08
11:42AM
-0.05
12:52AM
0.04
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wed
23
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset-8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------8:21-------8:21-------8:20-------8:20--
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Rain (mm)
11---232-------------------------1--1-------------11----31--
Temp. °C292827272727282929282727272730313028272727273133333029272626313232312927262630323432302827273233323030252626293028282726
Feels °C (?)313030303030292930302930303030302929282929293334333131282929353434333130313033343635333030303535333232283230323230313129
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Wrightsville Beach (fresh winds from the S at BUOY-JMPN7 0 km from Wrightsville Beach). 0.8m 5s windswell from the SSE with a 0.8m 5s windswell from the SSE and a 0.2m 8s swell from the ESE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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