Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 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
11.9° C
(Which is 8.7°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 4PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)777799999894555556666655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54261615877777824496457578310797667524148
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
0.81
5:35AM
1.20
5:40PM
0.86
6:12AM
1.24
6:17PM
0.91
6:49AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
0.12
11:00PM
-0.01
11:53AM
0.07
11:43PM
-0.05
12:34PM
0.02
12:27AM
-0.08
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--5:23-------5:24-------5:25-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C666320-2-20467891011131515141413108
Feels °C (?)-2-2-3-5-5-7-9-7-4-3-112456691112121172
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