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

	Tue	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon		Tuesday 03			Wed
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Columbia St Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	4	2	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.0 N	2.2 WSW	1.8 NW	-	0.7 NNE	0.3 S	2.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	4.0 E	0.7 NW	0.6 E	3.5 S	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	-	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	-	6	7	7	-	4	3	9	-	-	-	8	-	8	4	12	16	13	12	12	-	10
Energy(?)	0	93	446	317	0	17	1	871	0	0	0	2	0	2337	17	108	7040	1577	482	458	0	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 1.37	4:24AM 1.61			4:13PM 0.76		5:19AM 1.24	5:26PM 0.57	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	7:32AM 1.16	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:35PM 0.08	11:52PM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 0.30		10:04PM 0.46	11:02AM 0.24	5:14AM -0.13		10:17PM -0.19	11:45AM -0.00		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:42PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. snow	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	-2	-7	-7	9	-13	16	15	-10	7	0	0	-3	0	-9	-5	1	1	-1	0	9	-6
Low °C	2	-2	-9	-10	5	-17	14	14	-13	0	-1	-1	-7	-1	-12	-8	1	-3	-4	0	8	-7
Chill °C (?)	4	-7	-14	-15	7	-19	15	14	-17	2	-8	-8	-11	-9	-17	-13	-6	-5	-5	-4	8	-12
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:43	-	5:50	5:55	-	-	5:24	-	5:27	5:32	-	5:28	-	-	5:23	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 E	3.5 S	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	12	16	13	12	12	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 N	2.2 WSW	1.8 NW	-	0.7 NNE	0.3 S	-	1.0 N	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NNW	4.0 E	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	-	4	3	-	5	3	4	4	4	8	4	4	4	4	3	3	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	Laundromats Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 E	1.6 N	1.6 W	0.9 NNE	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 NNW	0.7 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 N	1.3 N	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	-	6	7	9	11	7	5	7	6	6	-	6	6	5	5	5	4	4
Energy(?)	740	505	316	213	0	106	81	56	614	240	52	220	193	162	0	103	55	52	59	90	2	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	low-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:15AM 1.59				3:06PM 0.72			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)									9:22PM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	-10	-10	-12	-14	2	-2	0	13	24	-14	-16	-10	-11	-8	12	-8	-1	-18	-19	-18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	-16	-16	-18	-21	-1	-5	-4	12	24	-14	-24	-16	-16	-8	11	-11	-4	-26	-25	-18	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:37	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 E	1.6 N	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	6	7	9	11	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	-	11	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	1.6 W	0.9 NNE	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 NNW	-	1.1 NNE	1.1 N	1.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	7	5	7	6	6	-	6	-	5	5	5	-	-

	Tuesday 27			Wed	Tue	Wednesday 28
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	Laundromats Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 N	1.8 W	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	-	1.6 WNW	1.0 NNE	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	-
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	-	10	10	9	6	8	8	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-
Energy(?)	773	744	740	658	0	41	42	84	62	408	513	148	154	154	0	164	177	216	172	175	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:24AM 0.83	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-11	-11	-10	-10	5	0	0	8	25	-15	-9	-8	-8	-8	2	-8	-2	-9	-9	-9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	-17	-17	-16	-16	2	-7	-7	5	25	-23	-18	-16	-16	-16	-1	-16	-6	-17	-17	-18	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 E	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	10	10	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 NNE	-	1.8 W	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	-	1.6 WNW	1.0 N	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	-	4	4	8	-	8	8	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	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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