Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 09 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
16.5° C
(Which is 4.8°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 4PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)9987899101010101010101091011111010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)495497413387332417544618314284284235231226188180184233187187177187184184
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.85
1:44AM
1.11
1:58PM
0.87
2:37AM
1.11
2:55PM
0.92
3:35AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
0.30
8:29AM
0.28
8:31PM
0.28
9:23AM
0.23
9:34PM
0.21
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset--7:37-------7:37-------7:38-----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
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. °C121717161413131216191917181717162023222018171818
Feels °C (?)7121211101011914161515171515131820181716161817
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