Wrightsville Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.21° N 77.79° W

Wrightsville Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wrightsville Beach sea temperature is
28.1° C
0.1° 

Wrightsville Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Wrightsville Beach today (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Wrightsville Beach at 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.9
SSW
4
1.1
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
S
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.5
SSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.5
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
23
24
25
26
31
54
102
87
46
34
51
47
41
18
37
18
19
20
41
41
45
47
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
WSW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
7:09AM1.03m
7:36PM1.40m
7:46AM1.08m
8:12PM1.41m
8:23AM1.12m
8:48PM1.41m
Low Tide
1:14PM0.13m
2:01AM0.15m
1:56PM0.10m
2:38AM0.10m
2:37PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:15
8:14
 mm
1
2
2
Temp °C
25
25
29
32
31
29
28
28
26
25
29
32
33
32
29
27
25
25
29
32
32
30
28
Feels °C
29
29
31
32
30
29
28
30
29
27
30
34
32
32
31
29
25
25
29
33
32
31
29
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