Minnesota Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Minnesota 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 Minnesota region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon				Tue		Wed				Thu
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 E	0.4 SW	0.1 S	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	4	6	8	7	4	6	8	9	8	8	4	8	8
Energy(?)	288	216	70	166	140	115	110	58	79	8	123	58	142	3	1	246	139	202	290	6	141	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:05PM 0.74	8:50AM 1.56		10:49PM 0.76	9:44AM 1.01		10:10PM 1.22	10:25AM 0.85		n/a n/a	12:03PM 1.94	3:07PM 2.79	3:20AM 3.12	12:33PM 0.95		1:57AM 1.85			3:06AM 1.80		3:36PM 1.51	4:17AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	4:24AM -0.07		4:31PM -0.06			3:48PM -0.20	4:38AM -0.13		4:23PM -0.14	n/a n/a	6:23AM -0.03		9:05PM 0.07	6:30AM 0.03	7:47PM 0.02		8:43AM 0.26	6:59PM 0.09	8:55PM 0.09	9:56AM 0.19		10:06PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	5	16	18	26	25	20	27	20	23	1	2	21	9	7	8	14	17	21	22	20
Low °C	6	11	3	15	14	24	16	16	26	20	18	1	1	19	9	4	5	14	15	20	22	18
Chill °C (?)	7	9	0	16	18	26	25	20	27	20	23	-6	-3	21	5	5	5	14	17	21	22	20
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	7:01	-	7:05	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 E	-	0.1 S	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	-	6	8	7	-	6	8	9	8	8	4	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	-	8	8	10	-	6	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	-	0.4 SW	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	2	3	3	3	2	4	6	7	-	4	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	6

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	7	6	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	235	145	275	242	289	284	234	192	279	81	68	635	300	294	140	140	433	42	113	110	81	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:05PM 0.74				8:59AM 1.05			n/a n/a	9:51PM 2.42	12:57AM 3.19			10:44AM 1.78					11:08PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	3:50PM -0.05				2:57AM -0.22				2:58PM -0.17	n/a n/a							4:45PM 0.16					5:46AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	8	8	10	12	14	5	15	5	2	12	18	24	2	8	20	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	9	8	8	9	12	13	5	14	3	-1	10	18	24	-3	6	20	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.6 ESE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	7	6	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.1 SW	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	6	15	15	4	15	-	14	9	6	-	9	8	9	-	-	7	8	-	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	1.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	2	3	8	3	-	3	3	3

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	124	90	235	235	193	189	193	221	226	0	84	116	116	155	433	433	187	77	433	157	199	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							8:38PM 1.18			n/a n/a										9:59AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a				3:11AM -0.12	4:10AM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	12	12	6	6	6	10	10	0	13	0	0	6	14	14	-2	4	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	9	12	10	10	3	3	3	7	7	0	13	-6	-6	3	13	13	-5	1	13	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	6	16	16	4	4	4	15	15	-	-	8	8	14	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	-	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	9	9	-	4	9	-	9	9

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Alabama	Guadeloupe	Puerto Rico
Anguilla	Haiti	Rhode-Island
Barbados	Jamaica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bermuda	Martinique	Saint Lucia
British Virgin Islands	Maryland	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Massachusetts	The Bahamas
Delaware	Montserrat	Turks and Caicos Islands
Dominican Republic	New-Jersey	US Virgin Islands
Florida	New-York	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina
Grenada	Pennsylvania

California	Oregon
Mexico	Texas

Delaware	Lake Ontario Canada	New Hampshire
Georgia	Lake Ontario United States	New Jersey
Great Lakes	Lake Superior Canada	North Carolina
Lake Erie Canada	Lake Superior United States	Rhode Island
Lake Erie United States	Long Island New York	South Carolina
Lake Huron Canada	Maine	Virginia
Lake Huron United States	Maryland
Lake Michigan	Massachusetts

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