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 03			Mon				Tuesday 05			Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Higgins Beach Maine	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Chicahauk Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Virginia Beach Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	6	7	8	9	9	6	9	7	6	4	6	5	5	8	8	7	8	9	9	4	6
Energy	219	27	55	82	55	176	3	63	4	2	15	80	111	40	734	1375	203	164	252	38	33	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 0.91	1:12PM 2.63		9:30PM 1.52	1:49PM 2.57		1:46AM 2.85	10:23AM 0.69		11:03PM 1.42	11:21AM 0.87	3:23PM 2.46	3:07AM 2.72			12:11AM 0.96		5:04PM 2.18	1:35PM 0.28	2:39AM 0.01
Low Tide / height (m)	3:29PM 0.38		6:59AM 0.00	7:01PM 0.37	4:02AM 0.09	7:35AM 0.06	4:30PM 0.06			4:16PM 0.14		5:16AM 0.12		8:55PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.24	6:11PM 0.27		10:39AM 0.38			1:47AM 3:14AM 0.01 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	6	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	14	15	12	16	15	21	8	21	22	23	23	27	25	14	14	11	10	16	28	20	23
Low °C	8	12	11	11	12	9	20	7	20	21	23	22	25	25	13	13	8	8	15	24	17	22
Chill °C (?)	7	12	14	10	15	13	21	3	21	22	23	23	27	25	11	13	10	7	15	28	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:33	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	8:07	7:30	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SE	0.4 E	-	0.1 E	2.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	7	7	8	9	9	6	9	7	6	7	6	7	-	9	8	7	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 N	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	6	6	-	5	8	-	7	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	9	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 N	0.4 N	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.8 SSE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	3	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	4	6	5	5	8	8	-	4	3	-	4	6

	Saturday 02					Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tue
	12PM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.9 NE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	6	9	8	9	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	7	7	7
Energy	399	232	219	222	204	250	76	115	100	55	43	83	93	222	339	171	43	78	60	5	4	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:38AM 1.50				8:53PM 1.55	12:36AM 2.95			9:07AM 0.74					1:10AM 2.91			9:51AM 0.84		2:08PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)				6:27PM 0.31			4:25AM 0.03	6:59AM 0.00			3:01PM 0.06											12:07AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	19	8	7	11	6	11	6	13	18	19	15	9	6	6	22	18	18	17	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	12	19	7	5	10	5	9	3	11	18	19	14	7	3	3	22	17	18	17	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	7:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.0 NNW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	7	9	8	9	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.9 NE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	4	9	9	5	6	5	7	5	7	6	6	7	4	-	10	8	8	-	4	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	6	-	3	2	3	-	-	3	2	3	3	-	3	3	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.8 NE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	6	6	6
Energy	409	193	148	148	33	165	40	184	108	42	44	54	135	176	305	90	117	99	218	7	7	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:38AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	19	8	8	12	9	13	8	13	13	13	13	10	7	8	25	13	8	6	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	19	8	8	10	7	11	8	10	11	11	11	10	6	8	25	11	6	4	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.0 NNW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	5	9	5	9	6	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.8 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	4	9	4	4	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	6	-	5	5	8	5	-	-	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 S	0.8 NNE	0.7 SSE	1.1 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	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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