Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 27 Nov 2025 EST
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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
16.2° C
(Which is 6.5°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 8AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 27). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (27 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (27 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
NE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)677776666677788888884788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171214131110101011775566666665566
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
1.27
12:24AM
1.09
12:50PM
1.25
1:20AM
1.17
1:45PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.26
6:34PM
0.19
6:51AM
0.24
7:32PM
0.13
8:02AM
0.19
8:24PM
0.05
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset----5:01-------5:00-------5:00---
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1511101312108642478764201568910
Feels °C (?)115475420-2-5-30111-2-4-6-501477
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