SwellFeed

Topsail Beach

Pender County, North Carolina, United States34.364, -77.630Beach break · faces SE (138°)
Spot guide

Topsail Beach is an SE-facing beach break in Pender County, 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 (138°)
Best swell
E to S (98°–179°), 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 (74.5° to 211.5°)
Offshore wind
NW
Tide
NOAA station 8657419
Wave buoy
Masonboro Inlet, ILM2, NC (150) · 26 km away
Cams
None yet