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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun				Mon		Tuesday 31
	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Long Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pelican Watch Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	0	1	2	1	2	2	5	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	2.5 WNW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.9 NE	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	3	8	7	9	8	9	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	8
Energy(?)	2	10	213	126	474	473	643	3625	1338	463	272	667	86	35	135	156	208	131	469	476	586	364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 1.66		2:07PM 0.55			2:49PM 0.83	3:37PM 5:49PM 0.30 0.30		4:06PM 1.33		5:14AM 1.54	5:13PM 1.13		6:11AM 0.79	6:02PM 0.98	7:15PM 0.80	7:44AM 0.84		10:32PM 2.87	8:29AM 0.84		8:25PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:17AM 0.26		8:27PM 0.14	9:28AM 0.13		5:04PM 0.30			10:50PM 0.02	11:47AM 0.30		11:07PM 0.00	12:47PM -0.01		1:26AM -0.02		1:54PM -0.01	4:37AM 0.00		2:17PM 0.53	2:37AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	1	16	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	12	5	16	19	19	7	5	2	-1	-6	-1	-9	-1	11	19	20	17	15	8	8	17
Low °C	19	7	3	14	18	19	6	3	2	-10	-10	-2	-10	-4	11	18	17	17	14	5	7	16
Chill °C (?)	20	10	0	16	19	19	3	2	-2	-5	-11	-8	-12	-7	8	19	20	16	13	6	5	17
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	7:02	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:32	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:24	7:06	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.2 ESE	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	-	0.7 N	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.8 SE	1.2 SE	1.9 NE	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 E
Period (s)	3	8	10	9	8	9	10	9	10	9	8	-	7	8	9	-	7	7	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NW	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	12	14	8	7	7	13	-	-	-	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.3 E	-	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	2.5 WNW	-	0.3 SW	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	5	7	-	8	10	-	3	4	8	-	2	6	7	7	-	-	3	3	-

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25							Thursday 26									Friday 27
	6PM	9PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Delray Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Long Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.9 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.8 SSE	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	6	7	10	10	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	10
Energy(?)	215	444	131	306	320	744	42	25	71	60	201	63	63	63	103	473	473	416	386	298	739	3625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:30AM 1.14	2:03AM 0.78								2:22AM 1.45				4:02PM 0.67				5:23AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 0.41				7:40AM 0.13									8:54AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	-	5	2
Temp. °C	2	1	8	-5	21	21	17	18	17	16	1	17	17	17	16	19	19	19	7	19	3	5
Chill °C (?)	-2	-3	5	-12	21	21	16	18	17	16	-2	17	17	17	16	19	19	19	7	19	0	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Sunset	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	0.1 E	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	2.0 NNE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 SE	2.5 S
Period (s)	9	10	12	7	10	10	-	-	8	6	7	6	6	6	9	9	8	8	13	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	12	8	8	-	-	-	13	8	9	8	8	8	5	7	9	9	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	1.3 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 E	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	0.2 S	1.8 SSE	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	6	3	8	8	5	5	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	9	10

	Tuesday 24									Wednesday 25
	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Delray Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Long Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.1 NE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.4 SE	2.2 NNW	0.5 N	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	10	8	13	3	-	-	6	10	7	6	8	7	9	9	9	8	9	6	7
Energy(?)	262	224	262	1017	17	41	1	0	0	127	255	144	130	7	157	929	898	899	49	904	52	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											1:39AM 1.66	1:12AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)						7:01PM -0.08												8:57AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	7	-5	24	23	20	20	8	8	-2	7	8	9	6	16	16	16	1	16	-1	4
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	3	-14	24	23	20	20	5	5	-7	4	5	6	2	14	14	14	-4	14	-8	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:20	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.7 E	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.9 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.5 S	2.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	6	10	8	8	3	-	-	12	10	13	13	8	8	9	9	9	5	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SE	0.4 W	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	-	10	8	8	-	-	-	12	9	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	1.6 ENE	2.1 N	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 W	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	7	7	3	2	-	-	7	6	3	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	3	6	4	7

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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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