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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat		Sunday 19			Mon				Tue		Wed				Thu		Fri				Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	1.6 SE	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.9 S	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	2.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 E	2.2 E	0.6 SSE	1.4 N
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	7	6	7	7	6	14	14	12	6	8
Energy(?)	165	154	164	99	224	301	188	103	11	241	15	46	28	164	61	53	363	24	106	1297	24	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:36AM 0.37	2:15AM 0.85			10:39PM 1.31		2:58PM 2.81	3:08AM 3.20	12:26PM 0.88		1:18AM 1.06	1:19PM 0.88	12:46PM 1.35	2:37AM 1.57		3:38PM 1.43		3:48AM 1.51	4:45PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM -0.07			8:58AM -0.29	5:04PM -0.16		9:14AM -0.32		8:52PM 0.12	5:43AM 0.03	6:34PM 0.10		7:29AM 0.06		8:23PM 0.49	8:59AM 0.29		9:38PM 0.51	10:19AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	5	6	7	24	10	8	11	8	22	10	22	8	5	20	22	22	17	2	3	2	23	19
Low °C	5	5	6	24	9	4	10	3	20	9	22	7	4	17	22	21	16	1	3	-1	23	19
Chill °C (?)	1	4	4	24	7	5	10	7	22	7	22	4	2	20	22	22	17	-1	-1	-2	23	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	6:15	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:32	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	7:21	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.1 E	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.2 E	0.5 E	2.2 E	-	1.4 N
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	12	7	7	6	7	-	5	7	6	9	7	7	5	14	14	12	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 E	-	0.3 NE	-	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	15	-	12	-	7	6	7	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	-	-	7	6	9	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	-	0.6 S	-	1.6 SE	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.9 S	-	1.6 SW	-	-	2.2 ESE	0.4 N	0.5 NE	0.7 NNW	0.6 SSE	1.2 W
Period (s)	6	-	4	-	7	-	7	-	-	7	-	5	-	6	-	-	6	2	5	4	6	5

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20							Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Madaket Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Hunting Island Carolina South	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 NNE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	3	3	7	7	5	6	8	8	7	6	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7
Energy(?)	3	4	5	4	62	101	88	95	224	219	123	40	98	98	57	208	139	366	100	145	75	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:55AM 0.34					1:27AM 2.28				1:10PM 3.01			10:20PM 1.17				11:23AM 1.62				11:33PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)							4:06AM -0.18								4:26AM -0.14				5:17PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	23	22	7	6	21	18	9	8	5	8	24	24	11	6	8	10	11	8	5	3
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	22	7	4	21	17	7	7	0	5	24	24	10	2	5	8	10	6	3	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 NNE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	7	7	8	4	8	8	7	6	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	14	14	14	14	8	11	11	7	13	7	7	6	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	-	5	6	4	4	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	7	5	6	-	-

	Saturday 18															Sunday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Madaket Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Hunting Island Carolina South	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	7	6	8	4	5	5	6	6	8	8	7	4	7	6	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	4	3	3	3	35	61	37	17	57	50	134	31	118	118	24	41	262	204	262	258	250	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			9:55AM 0.34			1:14PM 2.04								9:27PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)											6:18PM -0.12									4:21AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	22	6	5	25	11	5	5	5	7	24	24	22	-3	3	4	5	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	22	1	1	25	9	2	2	2	4	24	24	22	-9	0	0	2	2	3	4
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.4 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	1.7 ESE	0.4 SW	1.7 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	-	9	9	6	6	8	8	7	5	7	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	6	16	9	16	7	12	12	13	14	8	14	8	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.8 S	1.0 SE	-	1.6 ESE	-	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	4	-	-	4	4	-	6	-	7	7	7

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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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