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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	Thu		Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Beauregard Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	1	4	2	3	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.9 SE	1.4 NW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SE	-	-	1.1 SW	5.5 WSW	0.4 SE	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	11	10	13	9	7	8	8	8	-	-	6	11	9	9	8	7	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	0	0	3091	2080	243	587	489	176	190	100	0	0	104	7663	38	2240	1121	468	71	87	133	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:30PM 2.18	9:32AM 2.57		8:33AM 1.03	7:28PM 1.37		8:12PM 0.33			11:10PM 2.50		9:06PM 1.49	9:29AM 0.84		8:59PM 1.37	9:42PM 0.29		10:31PM 0.73	10:47AM 0.80	9:21AM 1.08	10:59PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35AM 0.44		1:30AM 0.26	12:53PM 0.96				7:51AM -0.05	5:36PM -0.01		3:18PM -0.03	2:56AM 0.39		3:53PM -0.05	3:51AM 0.16		4:28PM -0.06	4:36AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	clear	clear	clear	light snow	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	17	16	0	18	9	5	0	0	8	10	10	-8	4	-9	-10	-11	-12	12	-4	-7
Low °C	8	6	16	16	-4	17	8	3	0	-1	7	7	9	-14	0	-10	-14	-15	-12	9	-7	-9
Chill °C (?)	6	8	15	15	-6	18	6	1	-4	-3	6	7	6	-17	3	-18	-19	-11	-21	11	-10	-14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.9 SE	1.4 NW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	13	9	7	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	8	9	10	11	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 ESE	1.3 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	9	10	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	11	-	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	1.1 SW	5.5 WSW	0.7 NNE	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.1 ESE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	-	-	6	11	4	9	8	7	3	2	4	-

	Thursday 15			Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	3PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	3.0 W	2.5 S	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.9 SE	0.2 S	1.2 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSE	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	-	7	7	8	9	9	2	3	4	12	12	10	12	10	10	12	4	9	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	0	123	102	180	202	1215	2	4	7	120	231	2080	1720	1325	1019	320	1	471	337	248	87	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low-flow	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 2.18			6:08AM 1.15					9:56PM 2.38			7:36AM 0.80				7:51PM 0.63				7:46AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)				12:45AM 0.31			6:38AM -0.08			4:20PM 0.11		1:04AM -0.01				12:53PM 0.96				1:47AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	3	-3	5	5	5	13	15	16	-3	-4	16	-5	16	17	-2	13	19	20	20	6	2
Chill °C (?)	6	-2	-10	2	3	4	11	13	15	-9	-9	16	-9	16	17	-8	11	19	20	20	5	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.2 S	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	3.0 W	2.5 S	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.9 SE	0.2 S	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	9	9	-	-	-	9	12	10	12	10	10	12	4	9	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	1.6 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SE	0.1 E	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 N	-	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	9	8	12	10	9	8	-	9	9	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 15										Friday 16
	1PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	0.1 S	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.3 NE	1.7 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.1 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	4.5 W	0.4 SE	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	6	8	8	7	-	-	7	7	15	9	14	14	9	-	14	14	11	8	10
Energy(?)	2	158	159	128	107	260	1	0	0	102	153	66	909	64	30	206	0	29	29	4185	22	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:03PM 1.30					8:11PM 0.32
Low Tide / height (m)			3:38PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	7	7	8	6	8	7	7	-3	-2	22	5	22	23	5	9	18	18	18	-3	0
Chill °C (?)	3	5	4	3	5	2	5	4	5	-10	-9	22	2	22	23	3	7	16	16	16	-10	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.3 NE	1.7 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.1 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	15	9	14	14	9	-	9	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.3 SE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 N	1.2 SE
Period (s)	6	9	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	14	9	14	-	-	-	14	14	13	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	1.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	3	8	3	3	3	4	4	8	-	9	9	-	-	10	10	11	4	5

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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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