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North Carolina

Wrightsville Beach tides

Tide charts & times for Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina · read from NOAA station Wrightsville Beach (#8658163)

North Carolina · NOAA station 8658163 · Tide predictions

· Eastern Time · Feet / MLLW (mean lower low water)

34.2133, -77.7867

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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time

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Masonboro Inlet, ILM2, NC (150) buoy · 6 mi SE · Station 41110
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2027 tide extremes for this station

Highest predicted high tide: 5.7 ft — Fri Oct 1 · 8:36 AM

Lowest predicted low tide: -1.2 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:21 AM

Biggest single-day swing: 6.2 ft on Sat Jan 23

Best daytime minus tides of 2027
DateLow tideHeight
Sun Jan 242:52 PM-1.0 ft
Sat Jan 232:07 PM-1.0 ft
Mon Feb 222:25 PM-1.0 ft
Sun Feb 211:42 PM-1.0 ft
Mon Jan 253:37 PM-0.9 ft
Fri Jan 221:20 PM-0.9 ft
Tue Feb 233:07 PM-0.9 ft
Sat Feb 2012:56 PM-0.9 ft
Mon Mar 222:13 PM-0.7 ft
Tue Jan 264:23 PM-0.7 ft

270 minus tides (below 0 ft) are predicted here in 2027. The table shows up to the 10 lowest that fall between 7 AM and 7 PM — the ones worth planning a clam dig or tidepool walk around.

About this station

Wrightsville Beach is one of NOAA's reference tide stations — its predictions are computed directly from harmonic analysis of water levels observed here, and other nearby stations are calculated from it.

Georgia and the Carolinas run the biggest ranges on the Southeast coast — 7 to 10 ft through marsh creeks and barrier-island inlets that rearrange themselves with every storm.

Diurnal range4.5 ft
Mean range4.0 ft
RegionSoutheast
NOAA chart11539
Station since2004