Southport, Cape Fear River Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:03 AM and sunset is at 05:01 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Icy conditions (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min -2°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat night, fresh winds from the NE by Mon morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu night, min 1°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 18°C on Fri morning, min -7°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Sun morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 12°C on Thu morning, min -5°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 6 | Sunday 7 | Monday 8 | Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:30AM1.76m | 8:50PM1.27m | 9:22AM1.70m | 9:46PM1.25m | 10:17AM1.63m | 10:45PM1.24m | 11:11AM1.54m | 11:44PM1.24m | 12:05PM1.45m | 00:42AM1.25m | 1:00PM1.35m | 1:42AM1.26m | 1:57PM1.27m | 2:40AM1.30m | 2:53PM1.21m | 3:33AM1.34m | 3:45PM1.16m | 4:22AM1.37m | 4:36PM1.12m | 5:11AM1.40m | 5:25PM1.09m | 5:57AM1.42m | 6:12PM1.08m | 6:40AM1.44m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:58PM-0.06m | 2:52AM-0.12m | 3:51PM-0.04m | 3:48AM-0.06m | 4:44PM-0.02m | 4:46AM0.01m | 5:36PM0.00m | 5:43AM0.09m | 6:28PM0.03m | 6:44AM0.16m | 7:23PM0.05m | 7:50AM0.21m | 8:19PM0.07m | 8:54AM0.23m | 9:11PM0.08m | 9:51AM0.22m | 9:57PM0.09m | 10:43AM0.21m | 10:41PM0.10m | 11:33AM0.20m | 11:25PM0.11m | 12:21PM0.19m | 00:08AM0.12m | |||||||||||||
ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | NE 5 | ENE 7 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SSE 6 | S 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | S 6 | S 5 | WSW 4 | WNW 5 | NW 4 | ENE 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SSW 6 | ENE 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | |
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light rain | mod rain | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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1 | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Moonrise | — | 6:50 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 10:20 | — | — | 11:23 | — | — | — | 12:22 | — | — | 1:20 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 4:11 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — |
Moonset | 9:05 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 11:19 | — | — | 11:49 | — | — | 12:16 | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 1:05 | — | — | 1:30 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | 2:28 | — | — | — | 3:04 | — |
 | 7:03 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — |
 | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:05 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Southport, Cape Fear River is 14.0° C (Statistics for 06 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 22.6 max: 24.1 min: 20.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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