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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Surf City NC to South Santee River SC out 60 NM

AMZ200-310715-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.Synopsis for coastal waters from Surf City North Carolina to
South Santee River South Carolina out to 60 nautical miles...
High pressure will build across the waters with light winds and
seas through Saturday. A frontal system will bring increased winds
and seas for Sunday through Monday, along with scattered to
numerous showers and thunderstorms.

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AMZ250-310715-
Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 kt, becoming SW 5 kt after midnight. Seas
2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 7 seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 7 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at
7 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers likely. A
chance of tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of tstms.
Showers.
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Showers with a
chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers likely with a chance of
tstms.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ252-310715-
Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out
20 NM-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 kt, becoming E late. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 6 seconds and E 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
7 seconds and NE 1 ft at 5 seconds.
.FRI...NE winds 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 6 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
6 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail:
SE 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 5 seconds. A slight chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers likely. A
chance of tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of tstms.
Showers.
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Showers with a
chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers likely with a chance of
tstms.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ254-310715-
Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out
20 NM-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 kt, becoming SE late. Seas 2 ft.
Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at
7 seconds.
.FRI...NE winds 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 7 seconds.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
5 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers after
midnight.
.SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers likely. A chance of tstms in
the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of
tstms. Showers.
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers with a
chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers likely
with a chance of tstms.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ256-310715-
Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out
20 NM-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E late. Seas
2 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 6 seconds and S 1 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas
2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.FRI...NE winds 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft.
Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 6 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE
2 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail:
SE 2 ft at 4 seconds and SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of
showers with a slight chance of tstms after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers likely with a
chance of tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. A chance of
tstms. Showers.
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers with a
chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers likely with a chance of
tstms.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ280-310715-
Waters from Surf City NC to Little River Inlet SC from 20 to
60 NM-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W
3 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 ft at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at
6 seconds and E 1 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI...NE winds 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 7 seconds and E 2 ft at 8 seconds.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 6 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 8 seconds and S
2 ft at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening,
then a chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms after
midnight.
.SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of tstms.
Showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. A chance of tstms.
Showers.
.MON...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Showers with a chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of
tstms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely
after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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AMZ284-310715-
Waters from Little River Inlet SC to South Santee River SC from
20 to 60 NM-
226 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and NE 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and NE 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.FRI...NE winds 5 kt, becoming SE 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and SE 2 ft at
8 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 6 seconds and SE 2 ft at 9 seconds.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
6 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 4 seconds and
SE 3 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
tstms after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Showers likely with a
chance of tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of tstms.
Showers.
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Showers with a chance of
tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. A chance of
tstms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely
after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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