Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 11 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
15.7° C
(Which is 5.7°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 4AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18416713313513012512067651802031351321061068880767676821068666
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
0.92
3:35AM
1.13
3:58PM
1.01
4:35AM
1.17
4:57PM
1.14
5:28AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34PM
0.21
10:09AM
0.16
10:28PM
0.12
10:54AM
0.08
11:20PM
0.04
11:39AM
-0.01
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset7:38-------7:39-------7:39-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252220201919202120191919191921232220201919192325
Feels °C (?)222019191818192018181718181820201918191819192221
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