Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.1° C
(Which is 6.0°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 1PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
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 (?)
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)71010888888667888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5714714580959312213822191941181251771171381201201071091151027876
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
1.23
8:38PM
1.42
8:55AM
1.18
9:20PM
1.38
9:37AM
1.10
10:04PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
-0.12
2:33PM
-0.09
3:02AM
-0.09
3:09PM
-0.06
3:40AM
-0.03
3:42PM
-0.00
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:54------
Sunset----7:31-------7:32-------7:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191921212121212020212222222020202020212322212020
Feels °C (?)181921202021201920222119202020202121202121211918
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