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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	The Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	7	9	8	8	8
Energy	86	137	103	83	97	234	59	87	72	156	110	94	73	128	53	59	63	67	52	105	117	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 1.32		12:27AM 1.11	1:10PM 0.95		1:46AM 1.44		2:31PM 1.20	2:44AM 1.46		3:16PM 1.08	3:39AM 0.97		4:24PM 1.05	4:39AM 0.84		5:25PM 1.40		5:28AM 0.81	6:10PM 1.46		6:21AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		6:03PM -0.01		7:10AM -0.01	7:17PM 0.06		8:01AM 0.01		8:06PM 0.12	9:06AM 0.05		9:36PM 0.10	9:49AM 0.07		10:45PM 0.16	10:44AM 0.03		11:28PM 0.16	11:24AM 0.10		12:08AM 0.32	12:06PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	9	-	4	-	2	-	2	2	5	8	4	2	13	1	-	2	2	-	1	-
High °C	25	26	24	20	22	24	24	26	25	24	24	22	25	27	24	26	27	25	22	28	25	27
Low °C	23	26	21	19	21	24	24	25	24	23	23	21	22	26	22	24	26	23	21	27	23	23
Chill °C (?)	25	26	24	20	22	24	24	26	25	24	24	22	25	27	24	26	27	25	22	28	25	27
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:09	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	14	14	5	5	6	13	13	-	8	6	7	7	7	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	-	1.1 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	2	3	6	6	4	5	5	5	-	4	5	5

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	The Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	110	129	86	148	137	137	163	103	137	133	83	92	97	97	94	234	229	184	59	87	87	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:17PM 1.16				12:27AM 1.11				1:22PM 1.00				1:46AM 1.44					2:31PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		6:14AM -0.05				6:03PM -0.01				7:08AM 0.02				7:12PM 0.07					8:01AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	-	-	5	5	3	2	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	23	23	25	26	26	24	23	24	24	23	19	20	22	24	24	24	23	18	24	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	25	26	26	24	23	24	24	23	19	20	22	24	24	24	23	18	24	26	25	25
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	14	15	14	15	14	14	4	5	14	13	5	6	6	13	13	13	13	8	13	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	-	-	-

	Thursday 21																					Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	113	110	110	128	136	129	129	99	86	99	148	148	148	148	137	137	137	137	137	51	163	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:17PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)					6:14AM -0.05												6:03PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2
High °C	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	24	25	24	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	24	25	24	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	8	14	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	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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