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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Indicas Great Abaco	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 N	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 SW	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.3 NE	1.3 ENE	2.2 NNE	1.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.8 NNE	2.5 S	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	4	9	9	10	9	9	10	8	8	9	3	9	9	13	10	9	7	10	10	8	5
Energy(?)	252	67	249	110	555	441	291	279	55	117	90	5	267	429	57	338	855	282	95	748	796	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:43AM 0.76		10:07PM 0.91	10:27AM 0.72		10:06PM 1.18	10:25AM 0.85	n/a n/a	11:14PM 1.64		3:07PM 2.79	12:25AM 0.95	12:49PM 0.87		1:12AM 1.51		2:33PM 1.39	2:36AM 0.87		3:01PM 0.71	3:45AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		3:59PM -0.13	4:43AM -0.12		4:40PM -0.13	4:32AM -0.11		n/a n/a		8:52AM -0.27			7:04AM 0.06	6:55PM -0.05		8:17AM 0.26		8:12PM -0.04	9:18AM 0.19		8:59PM 0.14	10:19AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	11	5	20	17	21	21	21	-2	21	3	23	21	-2	-3	23	10	23	3	13	18	11	20
Low °C	11	4	18	13	20	20	20	-3	17	3	23	21	-4	-4	22	9	23	-6	11	18	4	20
Chill °C (?)	9	0	20	16	21	21	21	-9	21	-2	23	21	-8	-11	23	8	23	-2	11	17	7	20
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	7:02	-	7:29	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	1.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 N	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	-	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.4 E	1.3 ENE	2.2 NNE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	1.8 NNE	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	10	9	9	10	8	8	9	-	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	-	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 NE	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	9	-	9	8	8	-	8	-	9	9	8	8	12	13	5	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 NNE	1.2 N	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	1.0 E	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	3	3	5	-	-	-	7	-	6	8	-

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21							Sunday 22
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	6	9	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	213	217	227	242	248	291	158	67	143	752	343	540	289	276	82	288	193	404	362	329	291	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:24PM 0.87				9:43AM 0.76			n/a n/a	9:37PM 1.62	12:57AM 3.19			10:12AM 1.04				11:03PM 1.87				10:54AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)			3:55AM -0.12				2:58PM -0.17	n/a n/a							3:48PM -0.19					5:04AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	4	14	3	2	19	19	21	23	1	0	20	20	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	12	12	13	4	13	1	-2	19	19	21	23	-4	-5	20	20	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	6	9	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	-	14	14	6	-	9	8	9	-	-	-	7	7	9	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.6 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	213	218	213	213	218	384	257	0	158	82	91	413	289	353	176	170	188	511	612	583	518	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:24PM 0.87						n/a n/a						9:28AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)							2:54AM -0.16	n/a n/a			6:28AM -0.27									3:21PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	0	11	0	0	19	19	20	12	2	2	20	21	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	-3	11	-5	-4	18	18	20	12	-3	-3	20	21	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	8	16	9	16	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	-	-	4	5	13	16	16	-	8	10	16	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 S	1.6 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	8	-	-	3	7	8	8	8	8

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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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