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TOPSAIL BEACH, NC
69
MARGINAL
bite 4:00p–5:00p
Tide · today
Next high
12:22a
Wind
S 8 kn
Bite score
One number, then the why
Pick a spot
69
/100
Best window 4:00p–5:00p
Wind carries the window, but light works against the rest of the day.
Updated 10:08 pm ET
What’s driving the 69
Tide movement
-0.6 ft/hr, outgoing
Moderate ebb. Enough current to move bait around.
61
Light
Sunrise 6:43a
High sun—fish hold deeper and feed less.
40
Moon
Waning gibbous, 78%
Major solunar period—moon overhead or underfoot.
86
Barometer
1018 hPa, steady
Steady and settled. No frontal disruption.
70
Wind
S 8 kn
Light chop—oxygen and cover without the slop.
100
Tides & fishability — Topsail Beach, next 3 days
TODAY69MARGINAL
WED 9/268MARGINAL
THU 9/369MARGINAL
Curve height is tide level—curve color is how good the fishing should be. Green means go.
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