Little Topsail Inlet
Hampstead, North Carolina, United States34.328, -77.679Beach break · faces SE (135°)
Spot guide
Little Topsail Inlet is an SE-facing beach break in Hampstead, North Carolina, United States. It picks up swell from ENE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 41% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NW: light winds or NW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SE (135°)
- Best swell
- E to S (95°–176°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- W to N offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ENE to SSW (73.5° to 210°)
- Offshore wind
- NW
- Tide
- NOAA station 8658163
- Wave buoy
- Masonboro Inlet, ILM2, NC (150) · 21 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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