Tides / North Carolina / New Hanover County / Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach
Tide station
NOAA station Wrightsville Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (EDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. People also look this chart up as Harnett.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Wrightsville Beach. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:17 AM and sunset is 6:36 PM. The tides are a low of 1.2 ft at 5:14 AM, a high of 4.5 ft at 12:09 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 6:20 PM. The low at 6:20 PM is 16 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Sunny, 80°F, wind 8 to 16 mph SW.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:35 PM. The tides are a high of 3.4 ft at 12:23 AM, a low of 1.4 ft at 6:00 AM, a high of 4.3 ft at 12:54 PM, and a low of 1.6 ft at 7:22 PM. The low at 6:00 AM is 78 minutes before sunrise. The low at 7:22 PM is 47 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers, 65°F, wind 17 to 26 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:34 PM. The tides are a high of 3.3 ft at 1:09 AM, a low of 1.6 ft at 7:07 AM, a high of 4.2 ft at 1:41 PM, and a low of 1.5 ft at 8:24 PM. The low at 7:07 AM is 12 minutes before sunrise. The low at 8:24 PM is 110 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Slight Chance Light Rain, 61°F, wind 28 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:19 AM and sunset is 6:32 PM. The tides are a high of 3.4 ft at 1:58 AM, a low of 1.5 ft at 8:21 AM, a high of 4.2 ft at 2:30 PM, and a low of 1.3 ft at 9:14 PM. The low at 8:21 AM is 62 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Sunny, 65°F, wind 22 to 25 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset is 6:31 PM. The tides are a high of 3.5 ft at 2:51 AM, a low of 1.3 ft at 9:21 AM, a high of 4.2 ft at 3:22 PM, and a low of 1.1 ft at 9:57 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Sunny, 71°F, wind 16 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:54 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:23 AM
- Dawn
- 6:52 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:52 AM to 7:02 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:02 AM to 7:51 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:17 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:57 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:02 PM to 6:51 PM
- Sunset
- 6:36 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:51 PM to 7:01 PM
- Dusk
- 7:01 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:30 PM
- Last light
- 7:59 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 18 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:03 PM
- Moonset
- 10:36 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Boat ramps
- survey hand-carry boat slip6.1 mi
Marinas
- Helms Port Marina7.0 mi
Beaches
- Palm Tree Island1.4 mi
- Masonboro Island Reserve7.3 mi
Parks
- South Channel Drive Mini-Park0.8 mi
- Lee's Nature Park0.9 mi
- Island Drive Mini-Park1.0 mi
- Wrightsville Beach Park1.0 mi
- Airlie Gardens2.3 mi
- Landfall Park Recreation Fields2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Coastal Mangement-Masonboro Estaurine Resource Pre6.4 mi
- Abbey Nature Preserve7.4 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Shinn Point1.5 mi · New Hanover County
- Wilmington9.6 mi · Brunswick County
- Hampstead9.9 mi · Pender County
- Castle Hayne13 mi · New Hanover County
- Orton Point14 mi · New Hanover County
- Wilmington Beach14 mi · New Hanover County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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