Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 06 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.0°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 2PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
1.1
E
1
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.6
ESE
1.4
E
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)688878788888856778888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4743506412711452814169527648113237336400464600669688773708537
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
NE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.95
11:31PM
1.21
11:43AM
0.90
12:14AM
1.16
12:25PM
0.86
12:57AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
0.12
4:43PM
0.14
5:33AM
0.20
5:16PM
0.21
6:22AM
0.26
5:59PM
0.27
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:52-------6:50-------6:48------
Sunset----7:35-------7:36-------7:37---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14111315161515151514151616141297610131412109
Feels °C (?)95811121312131311111110851-1-2256533
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