Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 31 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
15.0° C
(Which is 6.1°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 3PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)77777777777777777101088677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8484847577797982696969676565676757151145187131103130134
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.29
7:15PM
1.39
7:34AM
1.27
7:57PM
1.42
8:15AM
1.23
8:38PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
-0.10
1:36AM
-0.12
1:54PM
-0.11
2:21AM
-0.12
2:33PM
-0.09
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-7:00-------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:31---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C192021212120191919192122212020191919212122212121
Feels °C (?)181918171818171819191919181920191919212021202021
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