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			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed				Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Vilano Jetty Florida - North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	2.2 S	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.8 SE	0.7 SW	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 NE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.4 S	0.4 SE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	8	6	4	8	8	9	8	7	6	3	7	5	7
Energy(?)	273	288	231	230	58	140	538	108	59	36	188	37	2542	1239	551	225	118	166	3	312	6	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:30PM 1.71	10:29AM 0.68		10:49PM 0.76	11:13AM 0.65		10:10PM 1.22	10:34AM 0.95	11:44AM 0.32	10:57PM 1.17			12:40AM 1.62		4:06PM 2.64	12:51AM 1.14		2:26PM 1.52	3:06AM 1.80		3:36PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	2:19PM -0.36	2:50AM -0.40		2:56PM -0.21		5:11AM -0.06	3:48PM -0.20	4:38AM -0.13				12:01AM -0.04	6:34PM -0.09		10:23AM -0.16			8:48AM 0.16		8:55PM 0.09	9:51AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	light snow	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	-	2	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-
High °C	12	7	11	16	10	18	4	25	21	4	11	22	0	0	-4	12	7	4	20	2	21	23
Low °C	11	6	11	16	9	14	2	17	16	4	4	19	-1	-3	-7	12	3	4	19	-4	19	23
Chill °C (?)	10	5	8	15	7	18	-1	25	21	0	7	22	-7	-7	-8	10	7	-2	20	-3	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:46	6:48	-	-	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.4 SE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.1 S	1.1 NE	1.1 SSW	-	1.4 S	0.4 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	16	9	9	15	9	9	7	9	9	7	5	8	8	8	9	5	7	6	-	7	5	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	-	0.5 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	1.1 ESE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	16	-	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	16	-	8	-	8	9	-	7	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 S	0.3 WSW	2.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.8 SE	0.7 SW	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	1.3 E	-	1.0 WSW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	5	2	7	3	3	3	6	4	8	8	-	8	-	6	3	-	-	7

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21							Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Topsail Island 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	Alabama Point Alabama	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	1.0 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	67	67	273	216	268	273	291	284	234	0	276	0	88	206	207	234	133	140	141	148	217	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 1.58				10:05PM 0.74				8:59AM 1.05	10:17AM 0.24			9:51PM 2.42				9:45AM 1.12				11:02PM 1.83	11:08PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			3:50PM -0.05				2:57AM -0.22				2:58PM -0.17	6:41PM 0.00				7:13AM -0.34				5:06PM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	13	12	13	10	11	7	8	9	17	14	17	15	16	6	4	14	24	26	25	0	18
Chill °C (?)	7	12	10	13	8	9	6	8	9	17	14	17	14	16	3	1	13	24	26	25	-6	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	1.0 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	9	9	7	7	6	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	16	15	15	4	15	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	8	9	3	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	9	7	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	3	4	3	3

	Thursday 19															Friday 20
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Topsail Island 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	Alabama Point Alabama	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 SE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	4	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	87	87	130	126	130	124	171	169	166	0	244	1	328	373	125	161	124	507	507	501	192	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 1.58													9:23PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)							2:26PM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	9	10	10	11	5	5	5	16	9	16	13	14	2	2	6	14	14	14	-2	14
Chill °C (?)	3	4	6	8	7	9	2	2	2	15	5	16	12	13	-2	-3	3	13	13	13	-4	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	4	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	5	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	-	16	-	-	18	-	8	-	17	17	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.5 NNE	-	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	3	-	9	8	5	5	-	9	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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