Sunset Beach
Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States
- No lifeguards listed
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:30 pm7.7
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.5
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
20 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
20 km/h13 mph wind, Great
8.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 11°C52°F
- Water
- 21°C70°F
- Wind
- 149 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 2817 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.5 m2 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:30 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.8 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardNone listed
- Food and drink2 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 920 m0.6 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 2 km1.3 miSunset Beach (village)
- Nearest airport
- 20 km12 miGrand Strand Airport (CRE)
Nearby places
- Sunset SlushIce cream920 m0.6 mi
- Coastal GroundsCoffee shop940 m0.6 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Bald Beach1.2 km0.7 mi north-east away8.2 Great later
- Waites Island Beach5.9 km3.6 mi west away8.2 Great later
- Ocean Isle Beach7.8 km4.9 mi east away8.1 Great later
- Futch Beach8.9 km5.5 mi west away8.6 Excellent later
- Cherry Grove Beach12 km7.3 mi west away8.6 Excellent later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.4 GreatBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.7 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.8 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 1%
- Tue9.0 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Wed5.7 GoodBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 3%
- Thu9.0 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 5%