Carolina Beach
Wilmington & Crystal Coast, North Carolina, United States34.034, -77.891Beach break · faces E (100°)
Spot guide
Carolina Beach is an E-facing beach break in Wilmington & Crystal Coast, North Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from ENE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 37% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- E (100°)
- Best swell
- ENE to SE (63°–141°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- SW to NW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ENE to SSW (63° to 208.5°)
- Offshore wind
- W
- Tide
- NOAA station 8658559
- Wave buoy
- Masonboro Inlet, ILM2, NC (150) · 20 km away
- Cams
- 4 (1 plays here)
Cams at Carolina Beach
- Hamlet Ave (Tony Silvagni Surf School) · Tony Silvagni Surf School · plays here
- Carolina Beach — North End · watch on Surfchex ↗
- Carolina Beach — Center Pier · watch on Surfchex ↗
- Carolina Beach · watch on The Surfers View ↗
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