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

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	Sun	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25
	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Egg Island Eleuthera	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	2.1 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	1.2 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	6	6	10	-	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	103	216	75	60	37	49	59	66	105	640	88	101	120	286	233	209	307	0	266	214	282	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:17AM 1.63	7:41AM 0.98	8:58PM 1.52	7:53PM 0.93		9:43PM 1.54	8:50PM 1.05		9:44PM 1.34	11:14AM 1.25	10:12AM 0.76		10:37PM 0.67	10:05AM 1.03		11:25PM 0.70	11:38AM 0.65		12:57AM 0.61			12:26AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)			2:52AM 0.39	2:06AM -0.02	3:31PM 0.16	3:37AM 0.36	3:18AM -0.04	3:52PM 0.77	4:26AM 0.20		4:08AM -0.05	4:45PM -0.06		4:06AM 0.01	4:31PM -0.10		5:49AM -0.01	6:05PM -0.07		7:19AM 0.01	6:53PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	clear	heavy snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	1	9	6	4	5	3	8	14	23	8	14	13	0	-14	-15	23	-8	-7	-5	-5	-4
Low °C	0	0	7	0	1	3	2	4	14	23	5	14	13	-1	-15	-16	23	-9	-7	-7	-6	-10
Chill °C (?)	-3	-6	7	3	1	1	-1	6	13	23	5	14	13	-6	-25	-22	23	-16	-15	-12	-13	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	4:45	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	5:07	5:46	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	2.1 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	5	8	9	8	9	9	9	6	5	10	11	-	-	10	-	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	1.0 N	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	6	9	8	5	5	5	11	11	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.4 W	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 NW	1.6 NNW	0.2 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.0 N	1.3 NNE	0.7 N
Period (s)	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	9	3	-	4	8	6	6	10	8	5	4	5	4

	Sun	Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	8	10	8	12	12	12	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	357	69	260	42	150	824	67	372	362	290	54	48	54	41	53	48	47	59	60	63	70	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					8:26AM 1.69				8:15PM 1.39				8:57AM 0.81				9:14PM 0.61				9:34AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44AM -0.04	2:12AM 0.43				2:39PM 0.02				2:43AM -0.06				2:44PM -0.07				3:56AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	0	1	-3	0	1	9	-2	-3	-3	2	0	0	-2	6	3	3	2	3	4	5	4
Chill °C (?)	-4	-5	-4	-8	-5	-3	6	-8	-8	-8	-3	-5	-5	-8	3	-1	-1	-2	-1	0	2	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	0.5 SE	1.0 ENE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	6	10	8	12	12	12	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 N	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.4 SE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	9	8	4	8	7	9	7	7	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	2	-	5	4	3	-	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	-

	Sunday 18				Monday 19
	9PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	405	76	357	53	192	205	32	57	45	52	143	99	99	51	53	77	79	69	88	76	101	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							1:58AM -0.04														3:02PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	-1	-5	-4	-9	-6	-6	-1	-5	-5	-6	-2	-2	-2	-7	1	2	3	4	4	4	6	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.4 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	9	-	9	8	8	6	-	-	-	8	5	5	4	8	6	6	-	-	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.3 E	1.0 NNW	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	-	-	2	2	5	4	4	3

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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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