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Wrightsville Beach Tide Times

North Carolina · Station 8658163 · live gauge · Updated Jul 20, 2026

Wrightsville Beach runs a mean tidal range of about 3.9 ft. This month the highest water, 5.4 ft, comes on the evening of Jul 14, and the lowest, a -0.5 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Jul 15.

Predictedno live gauge
Next high tide 4.2 ft at 12:26 AM
Low -0.1 ftHigh 4.5 ftLow 0.4 ftHigh 4.2 ft

Monthly tide calendar

Flood & low finder

🌊 Biggest flood tides at Wrightsville Beach this month: Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock — prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.

🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Wrightsville Beach this month: Jul 10, Jul 11, Jul 12, Jul 13, Jul 14, Jul 15, Jul 16, Jul 17, Jul 18, Jul 19. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock — prime for sight-fishing and clamming.

July 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1🌕L:0.3H:3.3L:0.4H:4.4
2L:0.3H:3.3L:0.4H:4.4
3L:0.2H:3.4L:0.4H:4.3
4L:0.2H:3.5L:0.5H:4.2
5L:0.2H:3.7L:0.6
6🌗H:4.1L:0.2H:3.9L:0.7
7🌗H:3.9L:0.2H:4.1L:0.8
8🌗H:3.8L:0.1H:4.3L:0.7
9🌗H:3.6L:0.0H:4.5L:0.5
10H:3.5L:-0.1H:4.8L:0.4
11H:3.5L:-0.3H:5.0
12L:0.2H:3.7L:-0.4H:5.3
13🌑L:-0.0H:3.9L:-0.5H:5.4
14🌑L:-0.2H:4.1L:-0.5H:5.4
15🌑L:-0.4H:4.2L:-0.5H:5.3
16🌑L:-0.4H:4.3L:-0.5H:5.1
17L:-0.4H:4.4L:-0.3H:4.8
18L:-0.3H:4.5L:0.0H:4.5
19L:-0.1H:4.5L:0.4
20H:4.2L:0.1H:4.4L:0.7
21🌓H:3.8L:0.3H:4.3L:0.8
22🌓H:3.5L:0.4H:4.2L:0.9
23🌓H:3.2L:0.5H:4.2L:1.0
24🌓H:3.1L:0.6H:4.2L:1.0
25H:3.0L:0.6H:4.3L:0.9
26H:3.1L:0.6H:4.4
27L:0.8H:3.2L:0.5H:4.5
28🌕L:0.6H:3.4L:0.4H:4.6
29🌕L:0.5H:3.5L:0.4H:4.6
30🌕L:0.3H:3.7L:0.3H:4.6
31🌕L:0.2H:3.8L:0.3H:4.6

Best fishing times (solunar)

Major and minor solunar windows for Wrightsville Beach — peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).

DayMajor windowsMinor windowsScore
Today 🌒5:32–7:32 PM
5:57–7:57 AM
11:51–1:51 PM
54
Tue Jul 21 🌓6:16–8:16 PM
6:41–8:41 AM
12:51–2:51 PM
11:06–1:06 AM
41
Wed Jul 22 🌓7:02–9:02 PM
7:27–9:27 AM
1:52–3:52 PM
11:35–1:35 AM
41
Thu Jul 23 🌓7:50–9:50 PM
8:15–10:15 AM
2:52–4:52 PM
12:07–2:07 AM
55
Fri Jul 24 🌓8:39–10:39 PM
9:04–11:04 AM
3:50–5:50 PM
12:44–2:44 AM
68
Sat Jul 25 🌔9:30–11:30 PM
9:55–11:55 AM
4:45–6:45 PM
1:26–3:26 AM
79
Sun Jul 26 🌔10:21–12:21 AM
10:46–12:46 PM
5:34–7:34 PM
2:15–4:15 AM
88

Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8658163. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.

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