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		Fri		Sat				Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue		Wednesday 31			Thursday 01
	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Delray Beach Florida - South	Matagorda Texas	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.3 NNE	0.1 SW	1.4 NE	1.1 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	1.3 S	1.2 NNE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	3.0 W	1.8 NW	1.3 SW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	-
Period(s) (?)	9	7	9	10	11	12	11	12	13	11	10	6	11	10	6	8	10	8	12	11	11	-
Energy(?)	174	188	5	385	313	370	307	195	52	304	208	105	345	196	44	1254	1480	393	158	142	103	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:03AM 1.50	12:08PM 1.44			12:33AM 0.84	12:46PM 1.01	4:19PM 2.69	1:17AM 0.98		1:34PM 0.74	2:03AM 1.03	3:23PM 1.39	3:50AM 1.69			3:30PM 0.74		5:36PM 1.46	4:38PM 0.91		5:24AM 1.16	5:35PM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.47	6:08PM 0.28	6:16PM 0.16		6:38AM 0.15		7:02PM -0.01	7:40AM 0.15		7:35PM -0.10		9:22PM 0.37	10:25AM 0.27	9:55AM 0.20		11:27AM 0.18			11:06PM -0.20	11:58AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	-7	-5	9	-6	22	24	7	13	24	23	2	23	22	7	-6	15	-1	-4	-4	-7	13
Low °C	23	-10	-7	7	-8	22	23	6	11	23	20	2	23	18	4	-6	15	-1	-7	-6	-8	12
Chill °C (?)	23	-16	-13	6	-14	22	24	3	12	24	23	-2	23	22	4	-15	14	-8	-12	-11	-15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	6:54	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	7:20	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	4:44	4:53	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	4:39	-	4:47	-	-	4:23	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	0.1 E	1.2 NNE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	-	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	9	7	9	10	11	12	11	12	13	11	10	11	11	10	6	-	10	11	12	11	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.3 E	-	0.1 SW	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	-	1.6 W	0.4 ESE	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	9	9	6	9	9	9	-	5	11	14	-	5	11	6	-	10	12	9	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.3 S	-	0.3 NW	0.7 N	3.0 W	-	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	3	-	-	6	5	-	-	6	-	3	4	8	-	8	4	3	4	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Virginia Beach Virginia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	1.6 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	455	407	530	205	290	80	459	257	97	405	398	260	291	257	370	365	467	444	274	264	315	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:40PM 0.79				11:47AM 0.95				1:01AM 1.53				12:33PM 0.85					1:29AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.28				5:39AM 0.14	9:14AM 0.32			6:23PM 0.16				7:12AM 0.46				7:26PM 0.34	7:07PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-5	-5	-1	22	22	19	-9	4	22	23	11	-8	-9	-8	22	22	-6	-6	23	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	-9	-11	-6	22	22	19	-15	3	22	23	9	-15	-17	-16	22	22	-13	-14	23	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	1.2 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	8	8	11	10	7	9	8	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	6

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	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Virginia Beach Virginia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.4 NE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	2.0 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	6	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	-
Energy(?)	439	447	630	174	173	61	76	81	61	116	321	244	239	239	290	290	241	236	94	218	443	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:10PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)					5:34PM 0.18												6:14AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-5	-2	23	23	22	-6	10	22	23	8	-5	-5	-5	22	22	-5	-5	20	19	23	23
Chill °C (?)	-8	-8	-9	23	23	22	-15	7	22	23	3	-13	-13	-14	22	22	-13	-13	20	19	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:37	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 NNE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	9	8	7	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	7	10	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 S	-	0.5 N	0.4 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.8 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	12	6	6	8	-	4	-	6	7	5	5	6	8	8	8	8	11	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.2 NNE	1.4 N	1.4 NE	-	-	2.0 NE	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	2	4	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	6	4	4	4	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-

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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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