Wrightsville Beach (S22F)

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Wrightsville Beach is a popular beach community. Residents and visitors use the ocean front beaches for everything from swimming to parasailing. Wrightsville has been rebuilt 3 times since colonization. It was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1934, destroyed twice after being hit by hurricanes at high tide on a full moon in 1899 and 1954.

Water Quality
  • Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time

  • Historical Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on January 3th, 2023. Swim Guide - Main updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on January 13th, 2023 at 8:45 AM.
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Current Weather
22°C
Cloudy with a few clear breaks
Monitoring Frequency

Wrightsville Beach (S22F) is sampled weekly from April 1st to October 31st.

Source Information

The NC Department of Environmental Quality – Division of Marine Fisheries- Shellfish Sanitation and Recreational Water Quality samples for Enterococci in Marine only sites.

Tier 1 sites (daily use) are sampled weekly from April to October

Tier 2 sites (non-daily)are sampled twice a month from April to October

All tier sites are sampled once a month November to March.

A site is marked Green when the geometric mean of the site is below 35 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water and/or a single sample of that site is below 104 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water.

A site is marked Red when the geometric mean of the site exceeds 35 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water and/or a single sample of that site exceeds 104 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water.

Results are made public by a press release, and a map of areas listed under advisory. They can be found on the agency webpage.

Swimming Advisories are issued through social media (Twitter); signs posted on-site; phone calls made to local public health agencies and town officials; press releases sent via email to press, interested parties (the public can sign up to receive notifications here), public health agencies, and local officials.

The public can get in touch by this email erin.bryan-millush@ncdenr.gov

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Water Quality Graph

Wrightsville Beach (S22F)

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Water Quality
  • Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
  • Historical Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on January 3th, 2023. Swim Guide - Main updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on January 13th, 2023 at 8:45 AM.
For water quality icon legend, click:  
Current Weather
22°C
Cloudy with a few clear breaks

Wrightsville Beach is a popular beach community. Residents and visitors use the ocean front beaches for everything from swimming to parasailing. Wrightsville has been rebuilt 3 times since colonization. It was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1934, destroyed twice after being hit by hurricanes at high tide on a full moon in 1899 and 1954.

Monitoring Frequency

Wrightsville Beach (S22F) is sampled weekly from April 1st to October 31st.

Source Information

The NC Department of Environmental Quality – Division of Marine Fisheries- Shellfish Sanitation and Recreational Water Quality samples for Enterococci in Marine only sites.

Tier 1 sites (daily use) are sampled weekly from April to October

Tier 2 sites (non-daily)are sampled twice a month from April to October

All tier sites are sampled once a month November to March.

A site is marked Green when the geometric mean of the site is below 35 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water and/or a single sample of that site is below 104 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water.

A site is marked Red when the geometric mean of the site exceeds 35 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water and/or a single sample of that site exceeds 104 units of enterococci per 100 ml of water.

Results are made public by a press release, and a map of areas listed under advisory. They can be found on the agency webpage.

Swimming Advisories are issued through social media (Twitter); signs posted on-site; phone calls made to local public health agencies and town officials; press releases sent via email to press, interested parties (the public can sign up to receive notifications here), public health agencies, and local officials.

The public can get in touch by this email erin.bryan-millush@ncdenr.gov

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Water Quality Graph

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