Sea Breeze, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sea Breeze, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on Myrtle Grove Sound to 35 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
35 ft 11 m27 ft 8 m22 ft 7 m13 ft 4 m4 ft 1 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sea Breeze sits at about 9 ft (3 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
9 ft 3 m
most residents: 6–15 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Myrtle Grove Sound
Highest
35 ft 11 m
on the northwest side
Average
12 ft 4 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Sea Breeze spans about 35 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

1% of Sea Breeze's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 7% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
9 ft3 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
35 ft11 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Myrtle Grove Sound
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sea Breeze
7 ft2 m
Airport (ILM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi north of the CDP boundary
32 ft10 m
Average of all land12 ft4 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sea Breeze, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on Myrtle Grove Sound to 35 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
Population
2,245 2020 Census
Land area
1.9 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,204 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.0632° N, 77.8914° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wilmington International (ILM) 32 ft
ZIP codes 2
28409 28412
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Boiling Spring Lakes47 ft
  2. Wilmington30 ft
  3. Kings Grant29 ft
  4. Myrtle Grove24 ft
  5. Belville22 ft
  6. Silver Lake22 ft
  7. Southport20 ft
  8. Kure Beach16 ft
  9. Carolina Beach12 ft
  10. Sea Breeze9 ft
  11. Wrightsville Beach6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Hill, Brunswick County63 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −4 ft at 34.0793° N, 77.8851° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sea Breeze is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.