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Topsail Beach is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The dates of spring tides and neap tides, approximately seven days apart, can be determined by the heights of the tides on the classic tide tables: a small range indicates neaps and large indicates springs. This cycle of tides is linked to the phases of the moon, with the highest tides (spring tides) occurring near full moon and new moon.
Figure Eight Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of North Carolina, just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony and vacation destination. [2] The island is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Area , and lies between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean .
Topsail Island (/ ˈ t ɑː p s ɪ l /, TOP-sill) is a 26-mile (41.8 km) long barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, roughly equidistant between the barrier islands of the Crystal Coast and the beaches of the Cape Fear region, lying south of Jacksonville, North Carolina and Camp Lejeune.
Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and Sun, by Earth's rotation and by centrifugal force caused by Earth's progression around the Earth-Moon barycenter.
Minor coastal flooding was also possible within a couple of hours of the morning high tides, the agency said. “Shallow flooding is possible on vulnerable beach roads and in low-lying parking ...
The hurricane caused significant beach erosion along south-facing beaches. Pine Knoll Shores lost about 50 ft (15 m) of sand. Two coastal piers lost significant sections from the waves. On Ocracoke Island, high tides washed away dunes at ten locations. [3] On Oak and Topsail Islands, the high waters damaged homes. [10]
Internal tides may also dissipate on continental slopes and shelves [12] or even reach within 100 m of the beach (Fig. 3). Internal tides bring pulses of cold water shoreward and produce large vertical temperature differences. When surface waves break, the cold water is mixed upwards, making the water cold for surfers, swimmers, and other ...