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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	Sat		Sun		Mon				Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri		Saturday 07
	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Chicahauk Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	1	0	2	2	5	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 N	-	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 NNE	1.2 NE	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 S	0.6 SE	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	-	11	6	16	14	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	7	8	7	9	10	8	10	10	9
Energy(?)	159	0	299	63	4909	3178	1047	347	358	151	350	184	207	579	127	95	93	4	55	413	137	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 1.39	7:23AM 1.76	7:20PM 1.50		9:26AM 1.21			7:49PM 1.25	8:29AM 1.52		8:51PM 1.29	12:39PM 3.11		1:20AM 2.94		11:05PM 1.66	11:19AM 1.56		11:45PM 1.61	12:03PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 0.04		2:30AM -0.04		7:14AM -0.03		1:48AM -0.27		2:40PM -0.21	2:48AM -0.20	6:26AM -0.12	6:55PM -0.24	7:07PM -0.23	7:23AM -0.04		5:15AM 0.30	5:28PM 0.28		6:00AM 0.36	5:48PM 0.30	6:21PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-3	-4	-4	-2	-1	13	0	1	4	18	19	10	8	2	2	2	13	15	1	1	19
Low °C	-9	-6	-7	-4	-3	-2	12	-1	0	3	17	18	9	1	1	2	0	9	15	0	1	19
Chill °C (?)	-14	-11	-11	-12	-9	-7	11	-5	-2	0	18	19	7	6	-3	-3	-2	11	14	-4	-3	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	4:51	-	5:28	6:02	-	5:10	5:30	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:05	-	5:13	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 NNE	1.2 NE	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	-	0.1 E	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 NE	1.3 S	0.6 SE	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	6	11	6	16	14	12	11	11	11	11	-	11	7	8	7	9	5	8	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	8	14	10	11	-	-	8	9	-	-	9	8	10	7	7	7	15	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 N	0.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 NW	0.3 SW	-	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 N	1.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	-	1.1 S	1.0 SE	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	4	4	5	4	-	-	3	3	2	-	6	6	7	4	5	3	3	-	5	5	4

	Saturday 31			Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Delray Beach Florida - South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	7	7	5	5	12	12	12	12	8	10	10	10	15	14	13	13	12	13	12
Energy(?)	82	84	107	79	50	1	1	275	234	190	145	274	504	924	1087	4781	3178	2122	1560	888	1196	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:17PM 1.59									7:15PM 1.19	10:53PM 2.84							8:59PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				1:41AM -0.03			7:07AM -0.07		1:14PM -0.19					4:55AM -0.07			2:46PM 0.02				2:55AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	-7	-7	-8	-8	-6	-4	-5	-2	-2	-3	-8	-10	-10	-8	-1	-2	-4	-5	-5	-1	12
Chill °C (?)	-4	-12	-13	-13	-12	-14	-11	-12	-8	-7	-8	-16	-17	-17	-14	-7	-8	-8	-10	-10	-7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	8	9	8	7	7	5	5	12	12	12	12	8	10	10	10	15	14	13	13	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.4 NE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	-
Period (s)	-	15	11	11	9	-	-	8	5	5	11	11	8	15	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	-	-	5	-	-	4	3	4	-

	Saturday 31										Sunday 01
	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Delray Beach Florida - South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 N	-	-	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	2.0 N
Period(s) (?)	8	6	10	10	8	-	-	9	9	9	10	16	16	4	4	6	6	6	3	4	13	9
Energy(?)	329	139	12	12	81	0	0	311	364	380	405	5	5	36	46	10	14	14	20	33	4	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:17PM 1.46													7:31AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	-4	-5	-6	-6	0	-1	-6	-6	-6	-6	-12	-13	-8	-7	-8	-7	-6	-5	-5	-4	3
Chill °C (?)	0	-10	-13	-14	-14	-7	-8	-14	-15	-15	-15	-21	-22	-16	-15	-14	-14	-13	-12	-13	-12	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	8	6	6	9	9	9	10	16	16	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	15	14	14	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	2.0 N
Period (s)	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	-	3	3	3	4	2	9

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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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