Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 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
24.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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 (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
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
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
1
E
Period(s) (?)888889999999999998888885
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191920201213212119191919192020303635353535352646
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffglassononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
1.29
5:45PM
1.48
6:09AM
1.38
6:32PM
1.50
6:55AM
1.46
7:14PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
0.20
11:27AM
0.15
12:11AM
0.16
12:19PM
0.12
12:56AM
0.12
1:08PM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------7:14-------7:12-------7:10-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020192325252425242423262726252524232225252624
Feels °C (?)222020192525252426262624272626272827252324232423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Wrightsville Beach (light winds from the N at BUOY-MBNN7 6 km from Wrightsville Beach). 0.5m 8s swell from the E with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the SSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Clean
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