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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	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	7	8	9	7	7	8	7	8	8	4	6	6	7	9	9	9	10	8	8	7	8	8
Energy	359	537	181	119	87	32	103	96	94	2	161	288	96	169	373	379	688	33	129	48	58	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 1.44		4:55AM 1.41	5:32PM 1.56			5:46PM 1.17		9:12AM 0.27		7:07PM 1.80	6:49AM 0.99		10:30PM 3.30	11:10AM 2.95		8:09PM 1.88	8:40AM 0.71		8:38PM 1.43	10:18AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	10:16AM 0.87		1:22AM 0.42	11:08AM 0.37		11:07PM 0.10	11:10AM 0.10		12:35AM 0.06		3:26PM 0.11	1:33AM 0.12	12:20PM -0.06	4:49PM 0.00	4:56AM -0.34		2:27PM 0.19	2:34AM -0.15		2:33PM -0.07	3:29AM -0.14	4:06AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	2	-	-	2	12	-	2	3	-	4	39	-	2	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	7	11	13	10	12	25	26	26	26	26	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	22	26	28	27	16
Low °C	6	9	7	9	10	23	25	26	24	23	9	8	11	11	10	11	10	22	26	27	24	12
Chill °C (?)	4	10	12	8	11	25	26	26	26	26	8	7	8	12	11	10	10	22	26	28	27	16
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 NNE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	15	8	9	7	7	8	7	8	8	4	10	6	7	7	9	9	10	8	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 N	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	7	8	6	6	4	6	-	-	-	7	-	11	8	6	12	8	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 W	0.4 NE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 E	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	3	3	6	6	2	-	2	3	-	5	8	2	3	3

	Monday 11						Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	6AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Delray Beach Florida - South
Rating	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.3 E	1.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 N	1.0 NNE
Period(s)	8	12	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	10	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	488	57	143	643	464	362	292	208	52	133	119	87	94	89	84	12	71	110	130	94	279	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 1.37				4:43PM 1.44				3:49AM 1.01	7:33AM 2.62			5:32PM 1.56				5:53AM 1.46	5:10AM 0.98				6:26PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50AM 0.13				10:53PM 0.50								11:50PM 0.38	11:56PM 0.11				12:04PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	4	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	3
Temp. °C	9	18	11	10	11	11	10	8	10	8	12	10	12	10	7	22	5	23	26	30	20	26
Chill °C (?)	9	18	9	8	10	10	9	6	8	5	11	8	11	10	5	22	2	23	26	30	20	26
Sunrise	5:56	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.5 ENE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 N	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	8	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	7	7	6	7	5	6	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 NW	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	9	7	15	8	8	8	7	8	15	-	7	6	7	8	6	7	6	6	4	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	1.9 SE	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	1.3 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	3	2	-	3	-	-	-	5	4

	Monday 11																				Tue
	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Delray Beach Florida - South
Rating	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.4 S	1.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 WSW	0.3 NE
Period(s)	8	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	5	4	4	5	8
Energy	467	36	139	337	530	560	564	578	101	160	172	537	525	467	464	13	419	35	49	37	104	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 1.37													4:43PM 1.44		4:01PM 0.15
Low Tide / height (m)								10:17AM 0.41			12:54PM 0.34										11:11PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	10	22	8	7	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	9	10	11	25	11	27	24	24	22	25
Chill °C (?)	10	22	4	3	8	9	9	8	7	13	12	7	7	9	10	25	10	27	24	24	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	8:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.4 S	1.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	6	8	12	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	9	4	7	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	16	15	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	12	12	4	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.3 NNE	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 WSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	3	2	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	5	4

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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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