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 07:09 AM and sunset is at 05:04 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Icy conditions (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min -5°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 3°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri morning, calm by Sat night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the NE by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri night, min 6°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 4:36PM1.12m | 5:11AM1.40m | 5:25PM1.09m | 5:57AM1.42m | 6:12PM1.08m | 6:40AM1.44m | 6:54PM1.07m | 7:19AM1.45m | 7:32PM1.07m | 7:55AM1.46m | 8:08PM1.08m | 8:29AM1.45m | 8:44PM1.08m | 9:05AM1.45m | 9:25PM1.09m | 9:45AM1.44m | 10:11PM1.12m | 10:28AM1.41m | 11:01PM1.16m | 11:14AM1.38m | 11:53PM1.22m | 12:02PM1.34m | 00:48AM1.29m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:43AM0.21m | 10:41PM0.10m | 11:33AM0.20m | 11:25PM0.11m | 12:21PM0.19m | 00:08AM0.12m | 1:03PM0.18m | 00:48AM0.12m | 1:43PM0.18m | 1:26AM0.12m | 2:20PM0.17m | 2:02AM0.12m | 2:59PM0.16m | 2:40AM0.13m | 3:38PM0.14m | 3:21AM0.14m | 4:19PM0.12m | 4:08AM0.15m | 5:01PM0.09m | 4:58AM0.16m | 5:43PM0.07m | 5:52AM0.18m | 6:28PM0.05m | 6:54AM0.20m | ||||||||||||
E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 5 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ENE 6 | E 8 | ESE 9 | ENE 5 | E 6 | E 5 | E 7 | E 8 | SSE 4 | |
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clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | heavy rain | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | -1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
Moonrise | 3:13 | — | — | 4:11 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 9:59 | — | — | 10:29 | — | — | 10:57 | — | — | 11:24 | — | — |
Moonset | 1:57 | — | — | 2:28 | — | — | — | 3:04 | — | — | 3:46 | — | — | 4:35 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 10:37 | — | — | 11:40 |
 | 7:09 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
 | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:08 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Southport, Cape Fear River is 12.9° C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 22.2 max: 23.7 min: 20.0°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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