Wrightsville Beach surf break

Wrightsville Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
12.1° C
(Which is 8.4°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 2AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.6
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)966696999886888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)656052566248444442414141907284725757707059595933
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
WNW
5
E
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
W
5
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SW
15
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffglassonglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:08AM
1.15
12:17PM
0.89
12:52AM
1.10
12:58PM
0.82
1:39AM
1.05
1:43PM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.07
6:10AM
0.17
6:05PM
0.15
7:09AM
0.25
7:00PM
0.21
8:18AM
0.28
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----7:30-------7:28-------7:26--
Sunset7:12-------7:13-------7:14-------
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
33662-------------------
Temp. °C221918171717172221212120202022252523232121212325
Feels °C (?)201818181718182320202120201922232322222021212222
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