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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Point Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	2.0 E	3.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 E	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 N	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 E	1.2 N	1.0 NNE	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SSW	-	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	5	9	10	9	9	7	6	9	8	8	7	-	5
Energy(?)	492	446	1744	389	1068	1655	887	955	146	79	87	54	157	76	158	118	103	203	13	60	0	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.60		1:17AM 0.76	12:53PM 0.51		1:23AM 1.07		1:59PM 0.85	3:14AM 1.92		3:10PM 1.14	3:59AM 0.99	4:14AM 1.07		8:03PM 2.51	8:16AM 3.08	6:28PM 1.49		6:37AM 1.80	7:23PM 1.57		7:23AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM -0.07		7:10AM 0.03		7:07PM 0.02	8:07AM 0.06		8:51PM -0.04	9:26AM 0.03		8:42PM -0.04	10:48AM 0.18	2:19PM -0.05	1:54AM 0.19			12:20AM 0.35	1:10PM 0.09		1:17AM 0.29	1:49PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	7	1	26	-6	-3	-4	-5	-6	-2	-6	-9	-8	11	-4	-3	18	18	-8	-5	5	9
Low °C	7	3	-2	25	-8	-6	-7	-6	-8	-2	-7	-10	-10	11	-4	-3	18	18	-10	-5	5	7
Chill °C (?)	8	6	-6	26	-13	-11	-11	-13	-10	-8	-14	-16	-8	8	-11	-8	18	18	-14	-10	1	6
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	2.0 E	2.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 E	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	16	9	8	10	7	-	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 N	0.6 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	15	17	18	10	6	10	8	15	-	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	-	3.0 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 N	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 N	0.7 W	0.4 W	-	0.7 NNE	1.2 N	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.8 NNE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	7	-	8	4	4	-	4	4	-	5	4	3	-	5	7	6	-	-	3	-	4	4

	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	The Point Carolina North	The Point Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Topsail Island Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Hunting Island Carolina South	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SE	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 E	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	273	526	906	516	740	644	558	717	217	677	539	481	307	1163	670	523	1160	1022	887	638	424	711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:54AM 0.55				12:23AM 1.05	1:06AM 1.88				1:05PM 0.75	4:48PM 2.36			2:20AM 1.64				3:02PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		6:49AM 0.02				5:59PM -0.01					7:01AM 0.13					10:36PM 0.19			8:55AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	4	11	10	12	3	6	-1	14	-2	-4	-3	26	-6	-8	-9	-6	-7	-4	-4	-5	-8
Chill °C (?)	-3	0	11	8	11	-1	2	-6	12	-7	-9	-9	26	-11	-14	-16	-12	-14	-11	-11	-11	-14
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SE	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 E	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 NE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	10	9	-	8	9	-	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 S	0.5 W	1.6 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.7 NW	0.6 N	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	4	7	-	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4

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	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	The Point Carolina North	The Point Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Topsail Island Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Hunting Island Carolina South	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	6	9	4	5	5	10	4	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	404	270	273	222	221	128	143	314	388	42	85	52	397	43	22	21	10	10	9	9	9	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:51AM 1.23	12:08PM 0.77			3:32PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)																	6:55PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	4	2	-1	-1	-1	0	0	7	-7	-6	-5	24	-8	-11	-10	-13	-14	-14	-13	-12	-14
Chill °C (?)	2	0	-3	-7	-6	-8	-4	-8	4	-16	-15	-14	24	-14	-19	-18	-18	-14	-18	-18	-19	-21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	-	1.0 E	-	1.5 E	-	-	0.4 SE	1.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	7	-	7	-	9	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.6 ENE	-	2.0 E	-	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	4	4	5	-	6	-	4	5	5	4	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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