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TOPSAIL BEACH, NC
69
MARGINAL
bite 4:00p–5:00p
Tide · today
Next high
12:22a
Wind
S 8 kn
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MARGINAL
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
TODAYbite 4p–5pWED 9/2bite 5p–6pTHU 9/3bite 6p–8p0.4 ft · 5:57a4.0 ft · 12:07p0.9 ft · 6:42p3.5 ft · 12:22a0.4 ft · 6:43a4.1 ft · 1:01p0.9 ft · 7:42p3.4 ft · 1:17a0.4 ft · 7:36a4.3 ft · 1:57p0.9 ft · 8:45p12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p12a

Curve height is tide level—curve color is how good the fishing should be. Green means go.

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