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

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	Mon		Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri		Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06
	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Union Bay Lake Superior	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	0	1	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SSE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 SE	0.7 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.5 SSW	1.8 E	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	10	6	10	10	6	7	8	6	8	7	8	7	8	10	10	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	490	47	111	465	57	2450	33	49	61	146	73	275	485	121	63	109	1209	1014	718	329	550	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:52AM 2.97	10:26AM 0.16	11:15PM 2.96	8:44AM 1.63		11:54PM 3.00	12:33PM 2.69			n/a n/a		10:12PM 1.72	10:41AM 1.54		10:09PM 1.53	10:22PM 0.02		11:12PM 1.58		11:31AM 0.30	11:18PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)			5:52AM 0.10			2:50PM 0.21		6:39AM -0.12	3:14PM 0.13		n/a n/a	6:55PM 0.11		4:33AM 0.18	4:36PM 0.34	4:17AM 0.02	9:46PM 11:45PM 0.02 0.01	4:07PM 0.02		12:38AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	snow shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	2	3	-	1
High °C	7	21	3	1	23	-1	20	21	22	20	21	18	0	18	21	19	24	25	24	5	24	7
Low °C	5	20	1	-1	22	-1	19	20	22	20	20	18	-1	18	21	18	23	25	23	5	24	4
Chill °C (?)	4	21	-2	1	23	-6	20	21	22	20	21	17	-5	18	21	19	24	25	24	3	24	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	6:35	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	-	2.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	0.1 NW	-	0.9 E	-	0.9 SE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.5 SSW	1.8 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	11	6	6	10	-	10	10	-	7	11	6	6	-	8	-	8	10	10	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.8 SE	-	0.7 E	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	11	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	8	-	8	-	8	8	7	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	1.0 SE	-	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.7 NE
Period (s)	8	-	4	4	6	10	6	6	3	8	-	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	8

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01							Thursday 02
	4PM	8PM	10PM	2AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	4PM	8PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North
Rating	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	3	0	1	1	4	4	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.9 SW	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.8 S	0.8 SE	1.1 E	1.0 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	7	9	9	7	5	10	6	7	8	9	9	10	7	7	8	9	6	6	8
Energy(?)	84	152	54	150	990	410	64	98	602	39	134	155	1436	1275	1727	77	76	775	651	49	58	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						8:01AM 1.62	10:52AM 2.97	11:03AM 2.74		4:26PM 0.09	n/a n/a	11:15PM 2.96		8:44AM 1.63						11:58PM 0.13
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33PM 0.10									5:41PM 0.08	n/a n/a					1:44PM -0.13					1:46AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light snow	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	15	21	11	5	4	5	16	-1	24	-1	2	1	3	4	21	22	5	-3	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	14	21	10	3	4	3	16	-5	24	-1	2	1	1	4	21	22	1	-8	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 S	-	1.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	-	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	7	6	7	9	9	7	5	10	-	7	8	10	9	10	7	7	8	9	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	-	8	11	9	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	10	-	-	6	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	-	-	-	1.9 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	-	0.8 SE	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.1 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	9	-	2	5	-	6	-	-	9	9	10	-	-	8	3	6	6	3

	Monday 30	Tue	Mon	Tuesday 31
	2PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	11PM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North
Rating	0	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	3	0	1	1	4	4	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SE	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.9 SE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	6	11	6	6	7	9	9	9	6	6	8	9	6	6	6
Energy(?)	84	138	84	331	492	474	181	108	3	54	162	150	1493	1497	990	91	38	257	709	44	44	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:46PM 1.63					10:05PM 0.20	n/a n/a							7:24AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33PM 0.10										n/a n/a						5:52AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	20	16	6	6	14	13	3	21	1	11	6	6	5	19	21	8	4	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	15	20	15	1	1	13	11	-3	21	-4	10	3	4	3	19	21	4	4	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.9 SE	-	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	-	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	6	-	7	11	11	7	6	8	6	-	7	9	9	9	6	6	-	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	-	-	8	8	11	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	-	1.0 SE	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	0.4 SW	2.5 SSW	-	1.6 ENE	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	8	-	4	8	-	6	-	9	9	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	3

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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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