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 10			Monday 11			Tue				Wed		Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	2.0 S	0.5 E	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.0 SE	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.3 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	1.1 S
Period(s)	6	7	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	6	7	7	9	4	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	119	154	126	140	644	83	771	553	144	431	292	11	54	69	96	33	64	133	254	88	81	245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				2:34PM 0.84	2:56AM 0.87		3:32PM 1.00	3:49AM 1.01		4:27PM 1.04	4:42AM 1.30		5:21PM 1.20	6:19PM 1.69	6:48AM 1.52		9:59PM 2.93	10:34AM 2.67		7:55PM 1.90	8:26AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45PM 0.40	8:46AM 0.13		8:38PM 0.19	9:34AM 0.14		10:08PM 0.21	10:24AM 0.09		10:53PM 0.18	11:12AM 0.03		12:43AM 0.24		12:47PM 0.26	4:39AM -0.16		1:37PM 0.22	2:24AM 0.02		2:27PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	17	18	10	11	12	11	14	19	15	22	17	20	20	9	15	10	14	14	20	15
Low °C	16	17	14	15	9	10	12	8	9	17	14	21	15	18	19	9	9	9	13	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	19	17	18	7	9	12	10	14	19	14	22	16	20	20	6	14	8	13	13	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.2 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	0.5 SE	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.0 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	7	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	9	9	8	12	8	7	14	8	-	-	6	11	7	7	10	6	-	-	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.3 N	-	0.7 SW	-	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	8	4	-	8	-	8	8	3	-	3	3	4	3	-	-	3	4	2

	Saturday 09					Sunday 10								Monday 11							Tue
	12PM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Virginia Beach Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SE	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.2 SE
Period(s)	9	9	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8
Energy	233	204	219	119	434	154	141	143	124	60	127	104	96	1154	896	1181	287	326	517	503	553	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:15PM 1.14	2:01PM 0.81			1:53AM 1.00					2:32PM 1.17				3:54AM 1.37				4:43PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				7:44PM 0.33					8:39AM 0.18				9:04PM 0.28					1:29PM 0.28			10:47PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	24	21	22	18	17	17	22	22	21	21	20	10	9	10	13	15	13	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	24	21	22	18	17	17	22	22	21	21	20	10	9	10	12	15	12	10	10	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 S	2.4 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	9	9	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.5 S	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	7	15	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.3 SW	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-

	Saturday 09														Sunday 10
	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Virginia Beach Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	0.4 E	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	8	6
Energy	270	239	38	103	112	97	102	111	119	124	121	123	123	149	149	154	185	169	146	184	270	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						1:46PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)												7:48PM 0.31					12:03AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	19	20	22	16	16	16	16	22	14	19	19	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	8	19	20	22	15	15	15	15	22	14	19	19	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	4	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	11	10	13	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 S
Period (s)	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	3	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	8	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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