Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 13 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
13.5° C
(Which is 7.0°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 11AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (13 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SE
0.9
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
2
SE
2
SE
Period(s) (?)785558755557777745678888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5911038372618142823141933262637142593175273353541540530
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
25
E
15
E
15
SE
15
S
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
1.04
3:40PM
0.80
4:30AM
1.09
4:44PM
0.88
5:23AM
1.16
5:36PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
0.23
10:09PM
0.15
10:53AM
0.16
10:59PM
0.07
11:37AM
0.08
11:49PM
-0.01
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise-7:24-------7:22-------7:22------
Sunset----7:15-------7:16-------7:17---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------------------451-1
Temp. °C5610121414151514131619181717181919181720202020
Feels °C (?)11691111121312111417141414161716151620201918
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