Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 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
16.5° C
(Which is 6.3°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 6PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (25 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)884556666666666677777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141420356913011511210612011777482518171313131216151112
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.31
10:42PM
0.99
11:12AM
1.29
11:33PM
1.03
12:00PM
1.27
12:24AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
0.22
4:24AM
0.24
5:33PM
0.22
5:30AM
0.26
6:34PM
0.19
6:51AM
0.24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset--5:01-------5:01-------5:01-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C212121202120202122242121201611891213119643
Feels °C (?)18191920212019192021192118125236753-1-3-3
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