Southeast
Wilmington Beach
North Carolina · NOAA station 8658559 · Tide predictions
34.0317, -77.8933
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48-hour outlook
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The next seven days
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H = high tide · L = low tide · highs & lows in local time
On the water nearby
Wrightsville Beach Nearshore, NC (ILM2) buoy · 13 mi NE · Station 41038
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Nearby tide stations
- Sunny Point Army Base, Wharf no.3 · 3.1 mi W
- Orton Point · 3.2 mi NW
- Reaves Point · 4.0 mi SW
- Sunny Point Army Base, Wharf no.1 · 4.6 mi SW
- Federal Point · 5.5 mi SW
Plan ahead
2027 tide extremes for this station
Highest predicted high tide: 6.1 ft — Sun Jul 4 · 8:47 PM
Lowest predicted low tide: -1.2 ft — Sat Jan 23 · 1:18 AM
Biggest single-day swing: 6.8 ft on Sun Jul 4
Best daytime minus tides of 2027
| Date | Low tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Jan 24 | 2:59 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Mon Feb 22 | 2:29 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Sun Feb 21 | 1:46 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Sat Jan 23 | 2:12 PM | -0.9 ft |
| Mon Jan 25 | 3:45 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Tue Feb 23 | 3:11 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Sat Feb 20 | 1:01 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Fri Jan 22 | 1:25 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Sun Jul 4 | 1:59 PM | -0.8 ft |
| Mon Jul 5 | 2:55 PM | -0.8 ft |
263 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
NOAA builds the predictions for Wilmington Beach from the CAPE HATTERAS FISHING PIER station: high tides about 1.40× the height, 18 min later; low tides about 1.25× the height, 10 min later.
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.