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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	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Indicas Great Abaco	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 E	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	2.5 NW	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	0.1 E	1.3 E	2.0 S	1.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	5	4	4	10	8	10	9	10	15	8	11	7	10	10
Energy(?)	38	86	881	607	105	109	64	731	3	9	13	71	327	690	418	896	4	388	1111	247	63	1851
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:37PM 0.57	9:27AM 0.99		10:07PM 1.19	10:23AM 1.26		10:55PM 1.24	12:16PM 0.71		11:29PM 1.04	12:08PM 0.81		1:20AM 1.64			2:20AM 1.64		1:59PM 0.85	2:30AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM -0.06			3:47PM 0.23		4:04AM -0.05	4:31PM -0.10		6:16AM -0.01	6:29PM -0.06		6:21AM 0.24	6:32PM 0.10		7:57AM 0.03	6:56PM -0.10		9:10AM 0.04		8:20PM 0.03	10:23AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light snow	clear	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	18	24	15	14	3	-13	17	17	20	12	2	25	0	-4	-9	-9	-10	15	-4	15
Low °C	8	12	17	23	14	13	1	-14	12	15	19	4	0	24	-2	-6	-9	-10	-11	14	-5	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	17	24	15	14	3	-23	17	16	20	9	-3	25	-4	-9	-16	-16	-16	15	-11	14
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:17	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	1.3 NNW	2.0 E	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.5 E	-	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	0.1 E	1.3 E	2.0 S	-	0.5 ENE	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	10	8	9	10	10	10	-	5	4	-	10	8	10	9	10	15	8	11	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.4 NNE	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SE	1.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	13	-	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	9	-	9	8	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	1.8 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	2.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 ESE	2.2 ENE	0.5 N	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 N	2.1 ENE	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	1.6 ENE	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	3	-	10	-	-	-	3	8	2	3	4	8	3	-	3	4	7	4	4	7	4	-

	Wednesday 21							Thursday 22								Friday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	8	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	60	61	85	79	60	89	89	85	88	883	753	125	597	405	633	109	110	222	128	97	93	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							9:24PM 1.13				10:47AM 0.80				10:59PM 1.61	10:37PM 0.67				10:05AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	3:24AM -0.06				3:09PM 0.25				3:16AM -0.08					4:24PM 0.15				5:04AM 0.33				5:23PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	3	4	7	5	12	13	14	14	13	20	20	9	24	24	0	14	14	-4	13	3	4	9
Chill °C (?)	0	1	5	2	12	13	14	13	12	20	20	6	24	24	-4	14	14	-9	13	3	2	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 NNW	1.8 E	0.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 S	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	1.0 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	5	13	8	10	6	6	11	4	-	11	-	3	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	1.9 E	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.1 SE	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	2	3	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	10	-	6	-	10	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	2

	Wednesday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 N	1.8 NNW	0.5 SE	2.4 E	2.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	59	60	60	54	37	50	50	51	51	485	444	45	750	723	65	96	88	85	96	65	65	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									9:04AM 1.40												9:09PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)			3:56AM -0.04												4:06PM 0.16	4:09PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	4	1	5	6	7	8	8	16	16	3	21	23	-2	13	13	-2	16	6	6	16
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	-2	2	4	5	6	6	14	14	-2	21	23	-8	12	13	-7	15	1	1	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.8 NNW	0.5 SE	0.5 NNW	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	7	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 ESE	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.2 E	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	7	-	-	8	-	3	8	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.8 N	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	2.4 E	2.4 ENE	0.8 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	2	2	2	-	2	2	2	3	3	8	5	3	8	8	5	-	3	5	2	5	5	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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