Wrightsville Beach Surf Report — live waves, wind, tide & cams

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Wrightsville
Masonboro Inlet · CDIP 150 · JMPN7
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Swell
--ft
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Wind
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Water
--°F
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Period
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Gust
--kt
Tide
--ft
Pressure
--mb
Air Temp
--°F
Humidity
--%
Dew Pt
--°F
Visibility
--nmi

Assessment

Wrightsville · ESE-facing
Swell Type
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Wind Quality
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Wear
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Swell · Forecast

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buoy GFS ECMWF

Wind · Forecast

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obs GFS ECMWF HRRR

Tide · 48h

NOAA · ft MLLW

Swell · Last 24h

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Swell · 7 Days

— · ft

Wind · Last 3 Days

— · kt
Direction offshore onshore

Live Cams

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Wave Detail

NDBC 41110
Swell -- Wind Wave --
Peak · Tp
--s
Median · Tm
--s
Average · Ta
--s
Zero-Cross · Tz
--s
Tp · Ta · Tz — CDIP 150  ·  Tm (spectral median) — NDBC 41110
Peak Dir
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Mean Dir
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Steepness
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Sun & Moon

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First Light
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Sunrise
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Solar Noon
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Sunset
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Last Light
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-- illuminated

Buoy Comparison

Offshore vs Nearshore

Photographers

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Local photographers who shoot Wrightsville Beach. Browse their sites to find photos of your session.

Local Shapers

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Wilmington-area surfboard shapers. Support the people who build boards for these exact waves.

Surf Schools

Learn local
Surf schools and camps teaching at Wrightsville Beach. Book a lesson with people who know these breaks.

Sources

Update frequency
Wind · Gusts · Pressure · Air & Water Temp
NDBC JMPN7 — Johnnie Mercer's Pier
6 min
Current Swell — height · period · direction
CDIP 150 — offshore buoy (~50 mi)
30 min
Swell vs Wind-Wave breakdown
NDBC 41110 — nearshore spectral buoy
hourly
Swell Trend — 3 day
CORMP ILM2WAVE — nearshore (~5 mi) · via SECOORA
30 min
Wind Trend — 3 day
CORMP ILM2 — nearshore (~5 mi) · via SECOORA
hourly
Swell Forecast — 7 day
NCEP GFS-Wave @ 41110 · ECMWF open data (CC-BY-4.0) via Open-Meteo
6 h
Wind Forecast — 7 day
GFS + ECMWF + HRRR 3km via Open-Meteo
1 h
Tides — 48 h
NOAA CO-OPS 8658163 — harmonic prediction
predicted
Sun & Moon
SunCalc — astronomical calculation
computed

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