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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	Tue				Wed		Thu				Fri		Sat				Sunday 01			Monday 02
	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	South Haven Lake Michigan	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.6 NNE	0.9 N	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	1.6 NNW	1.8 N	0.8 SW	0.1 E	1.1 N	0.2 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	6	6	10	9	-	6	9	9	7	8	16	6	5	-	11	12	14	12	13
Energy(?)	642	700	395	54	81	235	104	0	92	127	738	358	141	9	98	2	0	121	72	4454	922	2513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 1.39	4:57AM 2.90	5:41PM 2.45		6:15AM 2.97	4:34AM 1.69		5:20PM 1.43		n/a n/a	6:22PM 1.51		6:37AM 1.80	5:51AM 1.33	6:19PM 0.88			n/a n/a	7:22PM 0.65		8:52PM 1.71	8:59AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28AM 0.06		11:39PM 0.25	12:48PM 0.04	10:08PM 0.44	11:14AM 0.24		11:14PM 0.43	n/a n/a		12:17AM 0.37	1:10PM 0.09	12:22PM 0.12		12:13AM 0.04		n/a n/a	1:23AM 0.02	2:18PM 0.76	2:54AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-6	-7	6	-3	-10	-9	8	-1	20	15	-9	-3	0	-7	-4	-1	-4	-4	0	-1	-1
Low °C	-7	-7	-7	4	-3	-12	-12	5	-2	20	14	-9	-6	-1	-9	-7	-6	-4	-8	0	-8	-1
Chill °C (?)	-12	-14	-15	5	-10	-18	-15	6	-5	20	14	-15	-7	-6	-14	-13	-7	-11	-11	-8	-8	-8
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	-	7:05	-	7:35	6:41	-	-	-	-	7:33	7:09	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:14	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	5:50	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:38	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 E	0.6 N	1.6 NNW	-	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	6	6	9	10	9	-	11	9	9	-	8	10	-	5	-	11	12	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.9 E	-	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 S	-	0.1 E	0.5 E	1.2 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	2.2 E	1.2 E	-
Period (s)	10	8	-	9	11	15	8	-	14	9	8	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	6	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.8 NW	2.1 WNW	-	0.9 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	1.8 N	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	2.1 NE
Period (s)	4	4	7	-	6	4	5	-	6	5	-	7	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	13

	Mon	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 N	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.6 N	0.5 NNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	8	10	10	9	6	6	6	10	6	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	81	546	374	277	296	546	615	858	717	711	354	237	72	179	75	60	55	126	432	49	104	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 2.90			3:02PM 1.35			n/a n/a	3:15AM 1.59				3:06PM 0.72			n/a n/a		5:46AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)		10:36PM 0.19							8:51PM 0.46	n/a n/a			10:06AM 0.30				10:08PM 0.44	n/a n/a				11:02AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	-9	-10	-13	-11	-5	-7	-10	-9	-10	-11	-13	-8	-3	-2	1	-10	-10	24	-10	-9	-6
Chill °C (?)	-6	-17	-18	-20	-20	-12	-13	-16	-15	-15	-16	-20	-16	-8	-2	-3	-17	-16	24	-19	-15	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	1.6 N	0.5 NNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	-	10	10	9	6	6	6	10	-	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 NE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	-	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	6	8	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	-	9	11	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 N	-	-	0.5 W	1.3 W	-	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	8	2	2	3	6	-	-	3	6	-	4	5	5

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 E	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 S	2.5 WSW	0.6 N	2.5 N	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	7	11	11	9	7	7	7	10	8	8	7	10	10
Energy(?)	93	875	781	699	662	1621	1533	1706	1556	778	1300	1235	811	196	200	188	546	831	54	1178	700	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a								n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				10:36PM 0.19						n/a n/a			8:55AM 0.34	8:09AM 0.20				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	-10	-10	-10	-9	-6	-6	-6	-6	-9	-6	-6	-6	-7	-7	-6	-5	-9	25	-7	-7	-9
Chill °C (?)	-4	-19	-18	-18	-18	-14	-14	-14	-14	-18	-14	-14	-14	-14	-14	-13	-12	-18	25	-17	-14	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	5:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	0.1 W	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 S	-	1.1 E	1.7 E	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	9	7	7	7	10	-	9	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 NNE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 E	-	0.6 N	0.3 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	6	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	-	8	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.5 SW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 N	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	9	9	4	4	7	4	4	4	5	-	-	3	8	-	7	4	4

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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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