North-Carolina Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

North-Carolina 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 North-Carolina region.

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North-Carolina Wavefinder

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	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Holden Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Union Bay Lake Superior	The Wall New Hampshire	Indicas Great Abaco	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Egg Island Eleuthera	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	3	2	1	4	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	2.3 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.9 SSE	1.6 NE	1.6 WSW	1.4 NNE	1.3 SW	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 E	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	5	6	9	6	9	7	-	10	11	9	10	9
Energy(?)	804	505	82	1246	154	165	344	142	28	193	95	325	564	175	380	307	0	198	188	30	121	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:31PM 0.90		7:37AM 1.17		n/a n/a	12:17PM 2.83		8:53PM 1.10	9:14AM 1.03		10:20PM 1.87	10:40AM 1.69		10:55PM 1.83	11:12AM 0.68		11:44PM 0.92	12:03PM 0.62		11:52PM 1.13		1:25PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 0.08	2:00PM -0.10		n/a n/a	6:22AM -0.15	2:09PM -0.13	2:36AM -0.13		2:49PM -0.15		4:31AM 0.05	4:48PM 0.16		5:34AM -0.09	5:24PM -0.11		6:29AM -0.05	5:12PM -0.09		7:13AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	4	4	-1	7	8	0	11	-3	17	2	5	21	3	21	4	-2	4	6	26	22	24
Low °C	2	-2	0	-2	7	7	0	10	-5	16	1	4	20	2	21	4	-9	2	5	19	22	23
Chill °C (?)	-4	-1	0	-7	4	5	-4	10	-6	16	-1	3	21	2	21	0	-9	1	3	26	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	6:51	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	2.3 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 E	-	0.8 E	1.6 NE	0.7 S	1.4 NNE	1.2 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	-	8	9	5	9	7	-	10	11	4	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.6 E	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	7	-	6	17	9	15	-	15	-	-	9	-	9	13	-	12	9	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.9 SSE	-	1.6 WSW	-	1.3 SW	2.1 N	0.5 NW	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	4	3	5	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	5	6	-	6	-	7	6	3	-	3	10	3

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	1st street Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.5 WNW	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	7	11	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7
Energy(?)	277	207	257	1082	218	669	570	386	464	278	1464	1233	1084	1252	156	175	168	151	159	185	219	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:28PM 0.98	n/a n/a	11:20PM 2.60		7:48AM 1.03				8:54PM 1.73	9:01PM 1.74				9:02AM 0.78				9:40PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 0.13			n/a n/a					1:29PM -0.08					3:08AM -0.11				2:20PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	4	6	4	-6	-6	-2	-3	-2	-1	-2	-3	-3	-3	7	6	8	11	9	9	-1	-1
Chill °C (?)	23	0	2	-1	-11	-13	-8	-9	-7	-1	-7	-7	-6	-7	4	3	6	10	7	7	-1	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 SSE	-	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	-	11	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.6 NNW	0.4 SSE	1.3 SE	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	5	9	10	-	13	9	-	9	9	10	10	11	10	6	18	-	17	16	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNW	0.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	5	7	4	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-

	Tuesday 17															Wednesday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	1st street Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 ESE	2.4 SSE	3.0 NW	2.0 SE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	5.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11
Energy(?)	260	444	383	1153	1215	769	973	889	867	810	10045	5132	3246	4459	183	197	201	205	344	275	2130	1990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a							8:17PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	2	2	2	-8	2	4	4	4	5	3	3	1	2	8	7	4	3	5	5	-3	-3
Chill °C (?)	23	-4	-4	-4	-16	-4	-1	-1	-1	0	-2	-2	-5	-4	6	4	-1	-2	0	0	-9	-10
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 ESE	2.4 SSE	-	2.0 SE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.6 W	3.0 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	5.0 S	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	4	5	4	6	9	4	3	3	5	5	11	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3

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Delaware	Massachusetts	Nova-Scotia
Iceland	New-Hampshire	Pennsylvania
Maine	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Maryland	New-York

British-Columbia	Minnesota	Washington
California	Oregon

Anguilla	Grenada	Puerto Rico
Aruba	Guadeloupe	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Barbados	Haiti	Saint Lucia
Bermuda	Martinique	Trinidad and Tobago
British Virgin Islands	Montserrat	US Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic	Netherlands Antilles	Venezuela

Alabama	Georgia-USA	Nicaragua
Belize	Guatemala	Panama
Costa Rica	Honduras	Texas
El Salvador	Louisiana
Florida	Mexico

Alabama	Lake Huron Canada	New Jersey
Bermuda	Lake Huron United States	North Carolina
Cape Breton Island	Lake Michigan	North Florida
Delaware	Lake Ontario Canada	Nova Scotia
Eleuthera Bahamas	Lake Ontario United States	Rhode Island
Florida	Long Island New York	South Carolina
Georgia	Louisiana	South Florida
Great Abaco Bahamas	Maine	Texas
Gulf Coast Florida	Maryland	Turks and Caicos Islands
Lake Erie Canada	Massachusetts	US East Coast
Lake Erie United States	New Hampshire	Virginia

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