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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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Assateague Maryland	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	1.1 W	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	1.6 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 E	2.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.7 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	5	10	9	7	9	8	9	8	7	12	11	11	8	7	6	8	7	7	7	8	11
Energy(?)	37	70	230	39	156	202	121	115	66	255	196	251	272	346	131	107	465	112	137	269	208	697
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:02AM 1.23		10:00PM 0.31	11:32AM 1.07		9:58PM 0.94	11:03AM 0.87		10:29PM 0.78	11:42AM 1.53		11:12PM 0.74		12:24PM 1.47	1:08AM 1.28		12:51PM 1.06	1:41AM 1.20		2:13PM 1.39		3:19AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				4:41AM 0.08	4:09PM 0.20	3:48AM 0.37		5:34PM 0.30	4:18AM 0.21	5:30AM 0.54			6:12AM 0.60		6:47PM 0.41	6:55AM 0.65		7:03PM 0.39	8:01AM 0.67		8:55PM 0.46	9:11AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	3	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	16	12	14	16	15	14	12	12	9	24	23	23	23	25	8	7	7	8	16	25	17	25
Low °C	16	11	13	15	14	11	8	12	7	24	22	23	23	25	5	4	7	6	16	25	15	24
Chill °C (?)	15	10	13	16	14	13	12	12	7	24	23	23	23	25	5	4	5	6	14	25	15	25
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:43	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	0.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	5	-	8	9	7	9	8	8	8	-	12	11	11	18	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	0.7 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	10	-	10	3	11	6	9	9	7	-	7	7	6	-	14	13	-	12	12	14	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.1 W	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	1.6 SE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 E	2.0 E	-	0.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	8	-	4	7	-	8

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	5AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	-	3	6	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	9	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	7	8
Energy(?)	41	0	3	124	43	53	41	218	63	157	165	54	202	210	289	216	215	212	125	115	96	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							10:04PM 0.68				10:27AM 1.64				10:55PM 1.44				11:03AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 0.17		8:17AM -0.01		3:30PM 0.17				3:05AM 0.16				4:54PM 0.25				4:49AM 0.30				5:34PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	18	19	18	20	13	17	12	14	17	15	10	10	9	11	11	12	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	18	18	18	20	12	16	11	13	16	14	8	8	7	10	9	12	12	11	8
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SE	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	6	10	10	9	8	9	7	7	9	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	-	-	12	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	3	2	3	4	-	-	4	-	2	-	7	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23																				Fri
	3AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.3 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	1.1 S	0.4 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	-	-	6	11	11	10	7	10	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	10	10	8
Energy(?)	47	0	0	156	38	61	30	186	55	186	186	62	186	189	243	257	123	106	219	230	230	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				10:27PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 0.17													4:17PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	18	15	16	15	13	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	19	18	14	14	13	11	14	13	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	-	12	5	11	5	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	6	7	11	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	11	10	10	7	10	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	10	10	6	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 S	0.6 NW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 NW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	2	6	3	3	3	7	4	7	7	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	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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