fzus52 kilm 071748
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coastal waters forecast
national weather service wilmington nc
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

surf city nc to south santee river sc out 20 nm


amz250-080615-
coastal waters from surf city to cape fear nc out 20 nm-
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...sw winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave
detail: s 3 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tonight...w winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw after midnight. seas
2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at
14 seconds. 
.thu...ne winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft at
5 seconds and s 2 ft at 5 seconds. 
.thu night...e winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft
at 4 seconds and s 1 ft at 5 seconds. a slight chance of rain
after midnight. 
.fri...s winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft
at 4 seconds. a chance of rain, mainly in the morning. 
.fri night...s winds 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft
at 5 seconds. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 4 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sat night...sw winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of
rain. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sun night...nw winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. 

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fzus52 kilm 071748
cwfilm
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coastal waters forecast
national weather service wilmington nc
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

surf city nc to south santee river sc out 20 nm


amz252-080615-
coastal waters from cape fear nc to little river inlet sc out
20 nm-
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...sw winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave
detail: s 3 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tonight...w winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw after midnight. seas
2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at
14 seconds. 
.thu...ne winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at
6 seconds and e 1 ft at 13 seconds. 
.thu night...e winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft
at 4 seconds and s 1 ft at 4 seconds. a slight chance of rain
after midnight. 
.fri...s winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft
at 4 seconds. a chance of rain, mainly in the morning. 
.fri night...s winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s
2 ft at 5 seconds. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 4 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sat night...sw winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of
rain. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sun night...nw winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. 

$$

fzus52 kilm 071748
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coastal waters forecast
national weather service wilmington nc
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

surf city nc to south santee river sc out 20 nm


amz254-080615-
coastal waters from little river inlet to murrells inlet sc out
20 nm-
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...sw winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave
detail: s 2 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at 15 seconds. 
.tonight...sw winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw after midnight. seas
2 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at 15 seconds. 
.thu...ne winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at
5 seconds and e 1 ft at 13 seconds. 
.thu night...e winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft
at 4 seconds. a slight chance of rain after midnight. 
.fri...s winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft at
4 seconds. a chance of rain, mainly in the morning. 
.fri night...s winds 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft
at 5 seconds. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sat night...sw winds 15 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of rain. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sun night...nw winds 20 to 25 kt. seas 2 to 4 ft. 

$$

fzus52 kilm 071748
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coastal waters forecast
national weather service wilmington nc
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

surf city nc to south santee river sc out 20 nm


amz256-080615-
coastal waters from murrells inlet to south santee river sc out
20 nm-
1248 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...sw winds 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s
2 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tonight...sw winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw after midnight. seas
2 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at 15 seconds. 
.thu...ne winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at
5 seconds and e 1 ft at 14 seconds. 
.thu night...e winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft
at 4 seconds and e 1 ft at 13 seconds. a slight chance of rain in
the evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. 
.fri...s winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft at
4 seconds. a chance of rain, mainly in the morning. 
.fri night...s winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: se
2 ft at 5 seconds. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. 
.sat night...sw winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of
rain. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sun night...nw winds 20 to 25 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. 

$$

fzus52 kmhx 071901
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coastal waters forecast for north carolina
national weather service newport/morehead city nc
201 pm est wed jan 7 2026

from s of currituck beach light to n of surf city nc out 20 nm,
including the albemarle and pamlico sounds and the monitor
national marine sanctuary


amz135-080815-
pamlico sound-
201 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...w winds around 10 kt. waves around 2 ft. 
.tonight...w winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming n after midnight. waves
1 ft or less. 
.thu...ne winds 10 to 15 kt. waves around 2 ft. 
.thu night...e winds 10 to 15 kt. waves around 2 ft in the
evening, then 1 ft. 
.fri...s winds 10 to 15 kt. waves around 2 ft. a slight chance of
rain. 
.fri night...s winds 10 to 15 kt. waves around 2 ft. a chance of
rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming sw 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. waves 2 to 3 ft. a chance of rain in the morning. 
.sat night...sw winds 20 to 25 kt. waves 2 to 4 ft. a chance of
rain after midnight. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. waves 2 to 3 ft. a chance of rain. 
.sun night...nw winds 20 to 25 kt. waves 2 to 3 ft.  

$$

fzus52 kmhx 071901
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coastal waters forecast for north carolina
national weather service newport/morehead city nc
201 pm est wed jan 7 2026

from s of currituck beach light to n of surf city nc out 20 nm,
including the albemarle and pamlico sounds and the monitor
national marine sanctuary


amz156-080815-
s of ocracoke inlet to cape lookout nc out 20 nm-
201 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...w winds 5 to 10 kt. seas 2 to 4 ft. wave
detail: s 4 ft at 7 seconds and e 1 ft at 14 seconds. adjacent
sounds and rivers light chop. 
.tonight...w winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw after midnight. seas
2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s 3 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at
14 seconds. adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. 
.thu...ne winds around 10 kt. seas around 2 ft. wave detail: sw
2 ft at 5 seconds and ne 2 ft at 13 seconds. adjacent sounds and
rivers light chop. 
.thu night...e winds around 10 kt, becoming se after midnight.
seas around 2 ft. wave detail: se 2 ft at 5 seconds and ne 2 ft
at 6 seconds. adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. 
.fri...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s 3 ft
at 5 seconds and ne 2 ft at 9 seconds. adjacent sounds and rivers
a moderate chop. a slight chance of rain. 
.fri night...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 4 ft. wave detail: s
4 ft at 5 seconds and e 1 ft at 8 seconds. adjacent sounds and
rivers a moderate chop. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 2 to 4 ft. adjacent sounds and
rivers choppy. a chance of rain in the morning. 
.sat night...sw winds 20 to 25 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. adjacent
sounds and rivers rough. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. adjacent sounds and
rivers choppy. a chance of rain. 
.sun night...nw winds 20 to 25 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. adjacent
sounds and rivers rough.  

$$

fzus52 kmhx 071901
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coastal waters forecast for north carolina
national weather service newport/morehead city nc
201 pm est wed jan 7 2026

from s of currituck beach light to n of surf city nc out 20 nm,
including the albemarle and pamlico sounds and the monitor
national marine sanctuary


amz158-080815-
s of cape lookout to n of surf city nc out 20 nm-
201 pm est wed jan 7 2026

.this afternoon...w winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming sw 5 to 10 kt
late. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: s 4 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft
at 15 seconds. adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate chop,
diminishing to light chop late. 
.tonight...w winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw after midnight. seas
2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s 3 ft at 6 seconds and e 1 ft at
14 seconds. adjacent sounds and rivers light chop. 
.thu...ne winds around 10 kt. seas around 2 ft. wave detail: s
2 ft at 5 seconds and ne 2 ft at 9 seconds. adjacent sounds and
rivers light chop. 
.thu night...e winds around 10 kt. seas around 2 ft. wave detail:
se 2 ft at 5 seconds and e 2 ft at 9 seconds. adjacent sounds and
rivers light chop. 
.fri...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: se 3 ft
at 4 seconds and e 1 ft at 9 seconds. adjacent sounds and rivers
a moderate chop. a slight chance of rain. 
.fri night...s winds 10 to 15 kt. seas 2 to 3 ft. wave detail: s
3 ft at 5 seconds and ne 1 ft at 8 seconds. adjacent sounds and
rivers a moderate chop. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...s winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. seas 3 to 5 ft. adjacent sounds and rivers a moderate
chop, increasing to choppy in the afternoon. a chance of rain in
the morning. 
.sat night...sw winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. adjacent
sounds and rivers choppy. a chance of rain. 
.sun...w winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. adjacent sounds and
rivers choppy. a chance of rain. 
.sun night...nw winds 20 to 25 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. adjacent
sounds and rivers rough.  

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