Weather & Tide
Sailing Companion for Ocean Isle Beach, NC
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Setup February 8, 2025 2:59 PM EST
Sunrise 7:04AM Sunset 5:54PM
AMZ252 Coastal Waters From Cape Fear Nc To Little River Inlet Sc Out 20 Nm- 111 Pm Est Sat Feb 8 2025
This afternoon..Variable winds 5 kt, becoming sw winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave detail: se 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. Patchy fog early, then areas of fog late. Vsby 1 to 3 nm, decreasing to 1 nm or less late.
Tonight..SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: sw 4 ft at 6 seconds and se 2 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less.
This afternoon..Variable winds 5 kt, becoming sw winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave detail: se 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 1 ft at 4 seconds. Patchy fog early, then areas of fog late. Vsby 1 to 3 nm, decreasing to 1 nm or less late.
Tonight..SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: sw 4 ft at 6 seconds and se 2 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 nm or less.
Forecast for Marine Location Near Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Discussion for Wilmington, NC
MARINE... Through Tonight...An east-west oriented and meandering frontal boundary draped across portions of the area waters, will lift back north as a warm front today. Sfc pg rather relaxed south of the front, but tight enough north of the front to keep NE winds around 15 kt initially north of Cape Fear thru midday. Winds will become S-SW around 10 kt throughout later this afternoon and especially early this evening. The sfc pg will tighten ahead of an approaching cold front, along with a low level SW-WSW 30-40 kt jet. SW winds will increase to 15 to 20 kt with a few gusts to 25 kt, but may be difficult to mix down those hier winds as frequent 25+ kt gusts given the cold sfc based marine layer and the offshore extent of those cold SSTs across our waters. As a result, kept winds and seas just below SCA thresholds tonight. Another issue will be the extent of sea fog today into this evening before winds increase from the SW-WSW, an unfavorable trajectory for sea fog to fully develop across the coastal waters but may develop across the adjacent offshore waters given how far off the coast those cold SSTs extend. However, will have those upper 50s to lower 60s sfc dewpoints advect across those cold shelf waters and could result in additional low stratus. Seas 1 to 3 ft today will build to 3 to 5 ft tonight. The 9+ second period easterly swell will become second nature to the increasing short period SW wind driven waves. Sunday through Wednesday... Southwesterly winds on Sunday ahead of a cold front veer to northeasterly during the evening as the front settles southward. A tightening gradient will lead to enhanced winds in the 15-20 kt range over Sunday night and Monday before gradually subsiding over Monday night into Tuesday. Light north to northeast winds should continue through Wednesday as the cold air wedge weakens. 3-5 ft seas early Sunday gradually subside to 2-3 ft through the day until the northeasterly wind surge arrives, which sends seas back into the 3-5 ft range with 6 ft seas possible in outer portions of the NC coastal waters by early Monday. A Small Craft Advisory may be necessary in the NC waters to account for these seas, which persist through Monday night. Seas gradually subside through Tuesday before increasing again on Wednesday as the gradient tightens and leads to increasing wind waves. The wave spectrum will be a combination of 1-2 ft ESErly swells at around 9-10 sec and wind waves of varying height.
*Weather Reporting Stations
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Waves |
| 41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2) | 7 mi | 51 min | ESE 9.7G | 52°F |
| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | |||
| KSUT CAPE FEAR RGNL JETPORT/HOWIE FRANKLIN FLD,NC | 16 sm | 10 min | NE 05 | 8 sm | Overcast | 57°F | 52°F | 82% | 30.10 | |
| KCRE GRAND STRAND,SC | 19 sm | 6 min | ESE 05 | 1/2 sm | Overcast | Mist | 55°F | 54°F | 94% | 30.09 |
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