Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 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 10AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
SE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)886677777777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35035923020919314515213512111056110120123121125112109109949797115102
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
1.25
5:42PM
1.22
6:08AM
1.27
6:31PM
1.32
6:53AM
1.29
7:15PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:02PM
-0.03
11:42AM
-0.04
11:56PM
-0.07
12:28PM
-0.08
12:48AM
-0.11
1:13PM
-0.10
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---7:03-------7:01-------7:00----
Sunset------7:29-------7:30-------7:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C97891314151617161617181819181919191921212120
Feels °C (?)302489111313131416161616161717181819171819
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