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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1201 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

Surf City NC to South Santee River SC out 20 NM

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1201 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.Synopsis for coastal waters from Surf City North Carolina to
South Santee River South Carolina out to 20 nautical miles...
Periods of sea fog could make navigation difficult through this
weekend. High pressure will maintain control through the weekend
while a series of frontal boundaries approach, but remain
northwest of the area. A steady east to southeast swell will
dominate seas.

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Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm-
1201 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave
Detail: E 4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E
4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of fog in the evening, then patchy fog after
midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less in the evening.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at
10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
rain. Patchy fog.
.MON...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog in the morning.
A chance of rain.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of rain.
Patchy fog.

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Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out
20 nm-
1201 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE
4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...SW winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at
10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds and S 1 ft at 5 seconds. Areas of fog in the
evening, then patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of rain
after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less in the evening.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail:
SE 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. A chance
of rain in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
rain. Patchy fog.
.MON...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of rain. Patchy
fog.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of
rain. Patchy fog.

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Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out
20 nm-
1201 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave
Detail: SE 3 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog in the evening, then patchy fog
after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less in the evening.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
rain. Patchy fog.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Patchy fog in the
morning. A chance of rain.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of
rain in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight.

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Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out
20 nm-
1201 PM EST Thu Mar 5 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: E
3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E
4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: E 4 ft at
10 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning, then areas of fog in the
afternoon. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE
3 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening with vsby 1 NM or
less.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft
at 10 seconds and S 1 ft at 5 seconds.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of rain in
the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of
rain.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. A chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of
rain in the evening.

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