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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	Mon		Tue				Wednesday 28			Thu		Fri				Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Madaket Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	3.0 E	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	0.6 NE	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	-	-	1.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 NNW	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	7	7	5	7	-	-	7	9	9	7	-	9	-	5	-	9	11	13
Energy(?)	878	3109	596	790	449	54	82	148	0	0	204	52	224	270	0	20	0	3	0	46	30	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 1.17	5:29PM 0.64		5:52AM 0.73	2:08PM 1.21		6:02AM 2.92	n/a n/a	7:01PM 2.46	5:26PM 1.41		5:38AM 1.74	6:22PM 1.51		6:29AM 1.71	7:17PM 1.59		n/a n/a	6:47AM 1.17		8:21AM 1.85	7:53AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)			11:06PM 0.05	11:52AM 0.02		11:39PM 0.25	12:38PM 0.02	n/a n/a	12:57AM 0.25		11:17PM 0.40	12:15PM 0.16		12:17AM 0.37	1:00PM 0.09		1:17AM 0.29	n/a n/a		1:16PM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	-7	-4	-5	-6	6	-3	15	9	7	-6	-6	-5	-10	7	9	1	-3	0	-2	-3	-1
Low °C	1	-9	-6	-7	-7	4	-3	15	3	3	-9	-11	-5	-10	-3	6	-1	-6	-5	-3	-5	-4
Chill °C (?)	-4	-14	-11	-13	-14	5	-10	14	6	6	-13	-12	-12	-14	3	7	-6	-11	-5	-9	-11	-6
Sunrise	6:56	-	7:41	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:41	-	7:37	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	4:43	-	5:14	5:25	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:53	-	5:17	5:55	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 W	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	7	7	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	9	6	5	-	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	0.9 E	0.3 SW	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	6	9	11	9	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	6	8	-	-	16	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 E	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	-	-	1.5 NNW	0.7 WSW	-	1.7 NNW	0.6 N	-	1.0 NNW	0.8 N	0.6 N	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	3	4	7	-	5	7	-	-	7	4	-	7	3	-	4	4	4	4	4	3

	Monday 26					Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Long Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	3.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	6	10	6
Energy(?)	521	806	563	431	67	562	374	1331	291	548	674	505	740	538	379	250	99	356	70	58	59	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:29PM 0.64				n/a n/a			3:02PM 1.35				3:15AM 1.59			n/a n/a	3:06PM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)	7:01AM 0.13	10:51AM 0.02			7:04PM -0.01	10:36PM 0.19		n/a n/a					8:51PM 0.46				10:06AM 0.30	n/a n/a			10:08PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	light snow	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	1	1	0	-2	-9	-10	-15	-11	-4	-6	-8	-9	-9	-11	-13	-8	-9	-2	-1	-10	14
Chill °C (?)	-12	-4	-3	-4	-8	-17	-18	-15	-20	-11	-12	-14	-16	-15	-16	-19	-16	-12	-4	-1	-16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	1.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	6	6	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.7 NNE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	7	10	10	-	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	9	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	4	3	4	8	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	-	-	4	6

	Monday 26															Tuesday 27
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Long Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	0.9 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 E	1.0 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.0 E	3.0 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	7	9	10	-	9	8	9	9	8	11	11	11	9	5	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	657	849	878	864	167	1340	1364	0	1090	1801	2077	2020	1843	1855	1941	1941	3011	56	152	101	1154	1098
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								n/a n/a										n/a n/a	1:34AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	7:01AM 0.13			10:51AM 0.02				n/a n/a				7:52PM 0.39						n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	1	1	1	6	-8	-7	-10	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-17	-6	-7	-6	12
Chill °C (?)	-12	-4	-4	-4	2	-16	-15	-17	-11	-13	-13	-13	-13	-13	-13	-12	-14	-24	-16	-17	-13	9
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	0.9 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	2.5 ENE	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.5 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.0 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	7	9	10	-	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	-	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	1.0 S	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 S	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.6 S	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	9	9	9	11	-	9	8	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.0 WNW	-	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	3.0 E	1.0 WNW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	0.5 N	3.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	4	-	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	5	7	7	3	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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