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

	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	The Maze (Tiree) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	2.2 S	0.8 W	1.6 S	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 S	0.3 W	0.4 SE	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 S	-	1.6 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.6 S	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W
Period(s)	9	8	7	9	7	11	8	11	5	10	7	10	8	-	8	-	3	16	15	10	10	9
Energy	260	1182	117	418	116	61	201	43	7	279	174	364	230	0	374	0	1	2386	1256	122	124	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 4.65	9:55AM 5.91	4:48AM 1.53	7:17PM 0.82	11:07AM 5.43		8:21PM 3.53		4:42PM 4.15				2:12AM 5.89	10:41AM 3.64		2:57AM 6.04		4:43PM 3.05	7:25PM 4.40	7:25AM 4.50
Low Tide / height (m)		3:53PM -0.52		4:16AM 1.37	10:44PM 0.50	11:52PM 0.50	5:28AM 1.46	1:03PM 0.00	2:06AM 1.70	10:02AM 1.79		10:28PM 2.48	8:02AM 1.08	4:02PM 1.08	8:06PM 1.05	4:21AM 1.62	5:00PM 1.08	9:00PM 1.21	9:53AM 0.36		1:22AM 2.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	4	14	4	14	13	4	18	18	17	17	16	6	18	8	15	15	8	7	14	9	13
Low °C	10	4	13	3	11	13	4	17	15	15	13	14	5	17	6	13	14	6	7	13	9	11
Chill °C (?)	10	4	13	1	13	13	4	18	18	17	17	16	3	18	6	14	14	6	5	13	9	11
Sunrise	4:35	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:22
Sunset	-	10:57	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:52	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.9 S	0.8 W	1.6 S	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 S	0.4 W	0.4 SE	1.2 W	0.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 S	-	1.6 SSE	-	-	2.1 S	1.6 S	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	9	8	7	9	7	11	8	6	5	10	10	10	8	-	8	-	-	16	15	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 E	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 W	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 W	0.6 S	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	8	11	15	10	5	14	11	6	6	5	16	10	-	13	-	-	-	7	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	-	1.2 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	1.3 E	-	0.3 SSE	1.5 E	-	1.0 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	7	-	4	4	5	-	3	7	-	5	4	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Alnes Lighthouse South and West	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Aberdeen Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	0	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	0.8 WSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.3 W	1.1 S	0.6 W	0.9 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	11	8	8	11	4	7	9	9	9	11	6	10	8	8	11	8	10	8
Energy	260	203	288	454	263	1182	1113	54	16	203	1128	418	410	61	43	63	249	231	43	201	81	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			5:36AM 3.24	8:52AM 6.43								9:55AM 5.91					11:17PM 5.74				8:26PM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)						3:53PM -0.52					4:16AM 1.37			11:52PM 0.50					1:03PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	7	4	13	4	4	14	15	11	4	3	4	13	15	13	4	4	17	4	17	4
Chill °C (?)	10	8	5	2	12	4	4	13	14	10	2	0	1	12	14	12	3	4	16	4	17	4
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 WSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	0.5 W	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.5 W	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.4 W	1.1 S	0.6 W	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	6	6	7	8	9	9	11	6	6	8	8	6	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 W	-	0.6 W	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	11	8	8	11	-	11	7	15	15	5	6	10	15	14	11	14	4	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	1.5 S	0.6 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	0.6 SSE	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	-	8	4	8	8	-	4	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Unstad (Lofoten) Lofoten and Arctic	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	0	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	0.8 WSW	1.8 S	1.1 WSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.4 W
Period(s)	12	11	9	10	9	9	15	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	10	8	8	8	8	11
Energy	539	663	260	326	229	203	214	175	288	287	454	454	485	504	263	539	260	1182	1186	1126	1113	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:52AM 6.43						11:26PM 3.31
Low Tide / height (m)																		3:53PM -0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	12	7	10	10	10	13	7	7	4	4	4	4	13	5	12	4	4	4	4	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	6	8	8	8	11	5	6	4	2	1	0	12	2	10	4	4	4	4	14
Sunrise	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 WSW	0.7 E	1.1 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	11	9	10	9	9	15	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	10	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.6 W	0.9 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 W
Period (s)	6	8	12	8	12	12	10	6	10	10	11	11	11	16	11	16	7	8	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 N	0.3 S	-	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	0.6 S	1.8 S	0.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	3	2	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	8	8	8	8	4	8	3	8	8	8	8	-

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Alaska United States	Global-Pacific
Global-Atlantic	Russia

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

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