Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 09 Dec 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
14.1° C
(Which is 8.1°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 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (09 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (09 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)881010101010109995677777766588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3212841541621331361339283584912917517884472918943336
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
1.42
11:10PM
1.17
11:32AM
1.32
12:06AM
1.17
12:24PM
1.21
1:01AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09PM
0.01
5:11AM
0.05
6:10PM
0.05
6:24AM
0.12
7:11PM
0.06
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset--5:00-------5:00-------5:00-----
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C05665444812131313129668875556
Feels °C (?)-5133210034665530-11121223
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