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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Higgins Beach Maine	Beauregard Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Long Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 E	3.0 NNW	1.2 S	1.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NE	0.6 ESE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	10	8	11	4	10	9	10	5	6	9	6	5	6	11	12	7	9	12	10	12
Energy(?)	1037	74	167	65	127	5	28	177	1638	67	205	134	106	40	37	3054	2548	77	366	475	344	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 2.84		11:38PM 2.44		9:36PM 0.66	10:49AM 1.09		10:16PM 0.66	1:11AM 2.30	9:59AM 0.80		12:03PM 1.13	10:39AM 0.78		2:10AM 2.53		4:10PM 0.11	11:09PM 1.15	11:27AM 1.46		12:49AM 0.66	12:31PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.07		3:17PM 0.22	3:29AM 0.02		4:25PM 0.03	4:10AM 0.03	7:14PM 0.04		3:54PM 0.06		4:23AM 0.04	5:24PM 0.04	7:53PM 0.06	5:52PM 0.28	5:01PM 0.10		5:02AM 0.14	5:45PM 0.30		6:17AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	13	4	14	14	19	9	11	15	1	1	20	0	4	7	15	16	19	23	23	22	24
Low °C	-1	12	1	10	12	17	6	10	15	0	-2	18	0	3	5	15	15	17	23	23	19	19
Chill °C (?)	-4	13	-1	14	12	19	6	10	13	-3	-3	20	-6	0	5	13	16	19	23	23	22	24
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	7:16	7:37	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:45	-	5:20	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.7 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NE	0.6 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.0 E	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	8	10	8	11	4	10	-	10	-	-	9	6	11	6	11	12	7	9	8	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.9 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	4	-	11	6	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	7	10	8	7	6	13	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 SE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	-	1.2 S	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	5	-	3	4	7	9	-	5	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	12	-	-

	Saturday 20					Sunday 21								Monday 22								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 S	1.6 E	1.2 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	8	4	10	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1037	521	671	1200	626	649	1104	1044	388	104	95	264	115	92	77	142	34	251	246	338	48	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:58AM 2.84			8:57PM 0.66								8:58PM 0.55								9:37PM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)							2:50AM 0.02				2:39PM 0.06								2:51PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	0	0	-2	19	-3	19	20	5	13	14	5	10	7	-5	-3	17	8	10	11	11	14
Chill °C (?)	-6	-4	-4	-7	19	-8	19	20	0	12	13	1	7	3	-12	-10	16	6	8	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 S	1.6 E	1.2 NNW	1.5 E	1.5 NNW	1.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	8	-	10	-	10	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	-	0.9 NW	1.1 SE	1.4 NNW	1.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	10	12	-	9	11	11	9	6	6	-	6	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 SW	0.7 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	4	4	4	4	3	4	10	9	10	-	-

	Saturday 20															Sun	Sat	Sunday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 S	1.8 E	1.6 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	10	11	10	10	11	8	8	11	8	8	10	11	3	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	994	1049	1037	3049	871	606	732	721	344	93	72	425	82	76	260	1231	5	50	40	39	59	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												7:46PM 1.37		8:20PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)								3:11PM 0.04											1:27AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-2	-1	0	21	-4	20	20	2	13	13	-3	13	14	3	-1	19	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	-10	-8	-6	-8	21	-14	20	20	-1	12	13	-12	13	14	-3	-5	19	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 S	1.8 E	1.6 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 S	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	10	11	10	10	11	8	8	11	8	8	10	11	-	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	-	1.1 W	-	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	12	-	7	-	7	8	-	6	4	11	6	6	-	10	-	4	4	-	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	-	0.6 NNW	0.3 W	0.3 ENE	-	1.9 NW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	6	6	-	4	3	3	-	6	-	-	4	-	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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