Arctic Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Arctic wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Arctic region.

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Arctic Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri				Sat
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Arctic	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Klitmoller Jylland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Grindavik Antenas Reykjanes Peninsula
Rating	2	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	2.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.6 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.0 E	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 ESE	2.0 W	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	19	13	12	14	21	18	18	16	11	10	8	14	11	9	12	12	7	8	13	10
Energy(?)	122	1616	527	220	221	270	508	1485	1126	1480	1320	1775	174	2460	1251	1557	2659	3331	151	269	1346	709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:29PM 4.96						9:28PM 3.19		3:53PM 1.95			12:14PM 4.64	1:22AM 4.17		1:14PM 4.46	2:07AM 1.16		6:47PM 1.63		3:27AM 1.11	5:56PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 1.02	4:04PM 1.05	8:57PM 0.68	7:06AM 0.26	3:13PM 0.13		7:55AM 0.35		10:26PM 0.18	8:46AM 0.44		6:44PM 1.59	6:55AM 2.37		8:02PM 0.30	8:03AM 2.53		9:18PM 0.40	9:10AM 0.64		12:46AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	6	10	3	8	8	2	7	7	2	2	2	6	-9	10	7	8	8	9	8	-9	12	4
Low °C	5	9	3	7	8	1	6	7	2	0	1	5	-9	10	6	8	8	9	5	-11	10	3
Chill °C (?)	4	8	0	5	5	-1	5	4	2	-2	-2	2	-16	7	4	6	6	7	4	-14	9	0
Sunrise	-	8:56	-	-	8:48	-	-	9:49	-	-	12:00	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:55	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	12:00	-	-	12:00	-	-	12:00	-	-	2:59	3:52	-	3:03	-	-	3:03	-	-	3:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	2.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.3 NW	1.4 ESE	2.0 W	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	14	19	13	6	14	21	18	18	10	11	11	8	14	11	14	12	12	16	8	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	1.0 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.2 N	1.1 N	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.2 N	1.5 N	1.0 N	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	7	10	8	12	5	12	8	8	16	15	12	8	10	9	9	19	17	12	10	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 S	-	0.3 NE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.7 E	2.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 S	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	1.6 S	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	6	3	4	3	-	4	4	5	-	-	4	10	3	4	-	9	-	-	7	-	6	6

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	1AM	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Alnes Lighthouse South and West
Rating	4	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	4	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.3 SE	1.4 W	1.0 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	8	16	7	18	14	13	15	17	16	14	13	12	22	20	18	18	13	16	15	18	17
Energy(?)	1396	375	989	310	541	1279	1111	672	695	613	402	290	221	727	1622	4781	2403	205	3504	3277	1485	1510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)														10:29AM 5.00
Low Tide / height (m)							2:22PM -0.00	6:53PM 0.01	8:35PM 0.06			4:20AM 1.57				5:19PM -0.07				5:23AM 0.22	7:55AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	8	6	10	9	6	2	2	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	7	9	6	7	5	8	6	5	0	0	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	0	6	6	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	9:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:49	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 SE	1.4 W	1.0 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	18	8	16	7	18	14	13	15	17	16	14	13	6	22	20	18	18	13	16	15	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.3 W	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.9 NE	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.7 NE	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	8	9	7	11	7	7	8	11	11	7	8	12	12	12	8	12	7	7	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	-	1.3 W	-	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	3	-	6	-	5	3	-	4	3	-	8	5	5

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	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Tjornuvik Bay (Streymoy) Faroe Islands	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Alnes Lighthouse South and West
Rating	4	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	4	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.7 SE	1.5 W	1.6 SE	0.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.1 NW	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.2 NNW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	18	8	18	8	12	15	15	19	11	11	18	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	7	8	16	16
Energy(?)	1310	516	1396	468	123	3821	3478	296	139	135	401	792	781	659	649	3	525	237	46	8	626	610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																9:56AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	9	6	9	10	6	2	3	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	8	8	6	6
Chill °C (?)	7	10	7	9	4	6	8	4	-1	1	3	5	5	5	5	3	5	0	4	4	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.7 SE	1.5 W	1.6 SE	0.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 SW	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	18	8	18	8	12	15	15	12	11	11	18	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.1 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	11	8	9	8	7	8	8	19	9	9	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	15	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	4	4	-	3	3	9	9	6	8	4	6	6	-	-

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Alaska United States	Global-Pacific
Global-Atlantic	Russia

Alaska	Inner Hebrides	Outer Hebrides
Alaska Mainland	Jylland	Reykjanes Peninsula
Baltic Estonia	Kattegat Skagerrack	Scotland East Coast
Baltic Lithuania	Kintyre	Scotland North Coast
Baltic Sweden	Kodiak Island	Sjelland
Finland Baltic Sea	Latvia	South and West Norway
Gulf of Finland Russia	Lofoten Islands	Sweden
Iceland	Norway
Iceland North Coast	Orkney

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