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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	Sunday 11			Mon		Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu				Fri		Sat				Sun
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	0	1	5	4	3	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	1.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNE	0.9 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	-	1.1 S	0.9 S	3.5 S	1.4 SE	0.6 E	0.9 NE	0.9 S	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	11	7	8	9	8	8	6	8	8	7	-	9	12	13	16	10	10	5	6
Energy(?)	367	5	11	711	415	85	473	269	91	186	767	262	894	0	210	228	4317	1164	76	149	72	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.60	2:17AM 0.80		3:26AM 1.11		3:22PM 1.25	4:11PM 0.27		4:06AM 0.91	4:16PM 0.64	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		6:21AM 1.56	7:07PM 1.33			7:49PM 1.39	6:54PM 0.59	8:12PM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)				9:12AM 0.32	9:22PM 0.50	9:45AM 0.41		4:58PM 0.27	9:24PM 0.10	10:41AM 0.17		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:05AM 0.56	12:58PM 0.33			11:55PM 0.14		1:24PM 0.22		2:42PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	heavy snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	30
High °C	7	13	4	0	2	3	15	23	20	4	6	5	4	6	0	-4	-5	-3	12	11	7	3
Low °C	6	10	1	-2	1	1	15	23	19	3	5	4	4	5	-2	-5	-8	-4	10	10	5	3
Chill °C (?)	4	10	-2	-7	-4	-1	14	23	20	-1	2	3	0	1	-6	-13	-14	-10	10	9	5	0
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:20	7:41	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:07	-	5:00	5:19	-	5:34	5:36	-	-	-	-	4:45	5:10	-	5:05	-	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	1.7 SSW	-	0.5 S	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNE	1.0 E	-	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	0.1 W	1.1 S	0.9 S	3.5 S	1.4 SE	0.6 E	0.9 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	6	8	11	-	8	9	8	6	-	8	8	7	6	9	12	13	16	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.9 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	-	1.7 E	0.9 N	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	5	7	-	-	-	9	8	7	8	-	-	6	15	-	9	-	9	7	7	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	1.7 NNW	1.0 W	2.0 WNW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	-	2.2 S	0.7 NW	1.0 W	3.5 ENE	1.1 NNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	6	4	7	5	-	-	-	6	8	-	7	4	4	9	5	4	-	7	5	6

	Sunday 11					Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	9PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 S	1.5 E	0.2 E	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	1.3 NNE	0.1 SE	1.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	7	6	7	7	5	6	7	7	7	6	10	10	8	4	8	8	8	4	8
Energy(?)	367	448	277	105	127	224	280	4	94	77	50	302	176	221	132	76	2	245	90	235	1	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:39PM 0.67				3:18AM 0.95				2:32PM 0.64	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		3:51AM 1.45				4:36PM 1.22		6:49PM 0.29
Low Tide / height (m)		11:35AM 0.09			8:19PM 0.46			4:04AM -0.02	8:59AM 0.22			n/a n/a	n/a n/a					10:24AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	4	6	22	4	3	4	2	1	1	4	1	0	-1	0	1	5	23	3	23	12	18
Chill °C (?)	3	1	2	22	3	0	2	-3	-3	-1	2	-3	-5	-5	-4	-3	3	23	-1	23	11	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	6:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 S	1.5 E	0.2 E	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.4 SW	1.3 NNE	0.1 SE	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	9	8	7	6	7	7	5	6	7	7	-	-	10	10	8	4	8	8	8	4	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	5	10	6	11	7	6	7	6	7	7	9	-	-	13	13	9	-	7	14	15	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	6	4	3	5	-	-	8	7	-	8

	Sunday 11															Mon	Sun	Monday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	1AM	3AM	3AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 W	0.2 NNW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	7	4	4	7	6	8	8	8	5	5	8	9	9	6	7	9	7	6	8
Energy(?)	359	541	367	124	24	39	55	5	84	84	37	68	2	1269	594	596	4	75	545	69	2	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							2:01PM 1.25					n/a n/a	n/a n/a						2:58AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)												n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	4	6	23	0	0	-1	13	10	9	8	-3	-2	4	3	1	6	23	0	23	3	19
Chill °C (?)	3	0	3	23	-7	-8	-8	10	7	4	3	-9	-8	2	-1	-4	2	23	-7	23	-2	18
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	7	8	8	7	6	8	8	8	5	5	9	9	9	6	7	9	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.3 SE
Period (s)	5	-	5	11	9	-	11	7	10	10	10	4	-	5	5	5	8	10	5	5	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.3 W	2.2 S	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	6

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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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