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Topsail Sound Flats

Second Wind · 26' Sailfish 268 CC · out of Wrightsville Beach

Distance
14.9 nm
from Wrightsville Beach
Run time
50 min
arrive about 9:38 PM
Fuel, round trip
15.6 gal
10% of your 150 gal
Under the keel
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no depth reports yet
Daylight
Sunset 7:50 PM · 21h 21m to spare round trip
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Depth

Nobody has reported a depth here. This spot is tide-sensitive, so sound your way in and post what you read — we timestamp it and correct it to the datum automatically, so the next boat gets a number they can actually use.

On the water

Surf City to Cape Fear
Tonight
Wind S 10 ktSeas 2-3 ft

S winds 10 kt, becoming W late this evening and early morning, then becoming S late. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 1 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms early this evening, then showers and tstms likely late this evening. A chance of showers and tstms after midnight.

SaturdayS 10-15 kt g20 · seas 2-3 ft
Saturday NightSW 10-15 kt g20 · seas 2-3 ft
SundayW 5-10 kt · seas 2-3 ft
NWS Coastal Waters Forecast AMZ250 · live

Happening right now

observed, not forecast
Wind now
NNE 8 kt g11
Waves
2 ft @ 9s
Water
85°F
Air
74°F
NDBC Wrightsville Beach + Masonboro Inlet · 49 min ago

Tides

1.7 ft now, falling
ARRIVENOW03:15 · 3.009:34 · 0.615:56 · 3.922:34 · 1.2

Next low at 22:34 · 1.2 ft

Aim for the window around high water at 03:15 or 15:56 — this spot is tide-sensitive.

NOAA 8657813 · Hampstead · MLLW · live

What you need to know

Skinny water grass flats behind the island. Redfish on a rising tide, and you can beach a shallow boat on the bars at low. Do not take a deep-draft boat off the channel here.

Open place detailsChange

Forecast, observations and tides are live from NOAA, the National Weather Service and NDBC. Run time, fuel, depth and daylight are calculated from your boat profile. Planning aid only — not for navigation. Carry current charts.