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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed				Thu		Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun				Mon		Tuesday 31			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Long Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Holden Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	1	0	2	3	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	1.6 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	2.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	9	5	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	6	7	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	10	190	148	8	272	657	1386	1038	273	208	667	53	61	203	204	169	81	92	549	809	336	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 1.34	3:12AM 0.75			3:20AM 1.50		5:03PM 1.39			5:13PM 1.13		5:34AM 1.01	6:02PM 0.98	7:15PM 0.80	7:44AM 0.84		10:32PM 2.87	10:52AM 2.97		8:47PM 0.89	8:30AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37AM 0.04		8:47PM -0.04	8:53AM 0.14		8:47PM 0.25	9:42AM 0.17		10:50PM 0.02	11:00AM 0.07		11:07PM 0.00	11:55AM 0.02		1:26AM -0.02		4:17PM -0.04	4:37AM 0.00		2:12PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light snow	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	5	16	19	13	7	2	3	-1	-8	-2	-5	-6	11	20	20	17	18	8	7	17	19
Low °C	8	3	14	19	12	5	1	2	-9	-11	-3	-6	-9	11	19	17	17	17	5	5	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	0	15	19	12	3	-2	-1	-7	-14	-9	-5	-12	8	20	20	17	18	5	3	16	19
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:32	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:30	7:06	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	-	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	-	2.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	10	9	5	13	13	9	9	8	8	-	8	9	-	-	-	6	7	-	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	-	1.0 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	14	8	-	-	13	-	-	10	8	-	8	6	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 SE	-	1.6 S	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	2.5 WNW	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	5	-	7	8	10	-	3	4	8	-	-	7	8	7	-	-	8	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Delray Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Holden Beach Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.1 ENE	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	10	10	5	6	6	7	6	9	6	6	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	10
Energy(?)	142	306	316	725	29	66	68	87	54	148	42	42	104	88	484	445	656	289	301	744	213	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:30AM 1.14	2:03AM 0.78			1:27PM 1.21					2:22AM 1.45				4:02PM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)				7:40AM 0.13				8:27PM 0.49	8:18PM 0.00				8:54AM 0.12					12:22AM 0.39			11:16AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	4	3	3	-	-
Temp. °C	8	-5	21	21	17	17	17	1	17	16	17	17	16	19	19	19	7	7	7	5	19	-1
Chill °C (?)	5	-11	21	21	16	17	17	-3	17	16	17	17	15	19	19	19	6	5	5	2	19	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	2.0 NNE	-	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	1.1 ENE	2.4 S
Period (s)	12	7	10	10	-	8	6	7	6	9	6	6	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	12	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	13	13	10	13	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	1.8 S	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	3	8	8	5	6	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	2	3	-	2	3

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	9PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Delray Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Holden Beach Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	2.0 N	0.3 NE	0.9 NNE	-	1.2 E	-	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 N	2.3 N	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SSW	1.9 N	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	10	-	7	-	10	8	7	6	6	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	7	9	14
Energy(?)	148	976	12	157	0	152	0	217	6	129	96	93	143	192	1046	1015	32	33	33	127	708	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)												7:45AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	-5	24	24	20	7	8	-1	10	6	8	8	8	8	16	16	7	8	8	4	17	2
Chill °C (?)	3	-12	24	24	20	4	5	-7	8	2	5	5	5	5	14	14	4	6	6	-1	16	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.7 N	0.3 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 N	2.3 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 N	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	8	10	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	5	5	5	7	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 W	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	9	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	2.0 N	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	-	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	1.3 ENE	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	3	3	-	7	7	4	6	7	6	6	5	5	10	10	3	5	5	3	6	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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