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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			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	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	4	1	2	2	2	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	1.6 S	2.0 NNW	1.2 N	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	1.0 S	3.5 W	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.5 SSW	1.8 SE	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	10	8	9	8	-	-	5	8	6	8	-	9	11	11	12	12	8	8	9	6
Energy(?)	111	606	1156	235	417	255	0	0	35	105	85	115	0	478	2515	110	361	245	260	745	924	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 0.26	2:59AM 1.07		3:26PM 0.63	6:49PM 0.29	n/a n/a	5:32PM 1.24	7:32PM 0.31	7:06AM 0.95	6:21PM 0.58		6:10AM 0.88	7:07PM 0.61		7:36AM 0.80	6:54PM 0.59	7:17PM 0.69	8:15AM 0.82		8:35PM 0.33	8:52AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)	8:27AM 0.81	4:16PM 0.25	8:18PM 0.25	9:50AM 0.21			n/a n/a			11:04AM 0.98		12:18AM 0.01	12:44PM 0.24		1:04AM -0.01		1:24PM 0.22	1:32AM -0.09		2:42PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	1	0	16	23	16	17	13	15	9	5	7	8	6	1	14	4	2	1	2	1	5	-2
Low °C	1	-2	15	23	16	16	11	14	9	5	7	4	3	-1	13	2	-1	1	2	0	1	-5
Chill °C (?)	-3	-7	15	23	16	17	11	14	6	3	4	4	4	-6	12	0	-4	-6	-3	-3	5	-6
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.6 S	2.0 NNW	1.2 N	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	1.0 S	3.5 W	0.7 ENE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 SE	1.5 SE	1.0 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	10	8	9	8	-	-	8	8	6	8	-	9	11	7	12	12	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	1.4 W	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	10	7	8	8	-	-	5	8	8	-	-	9	7	11	6	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.9 W	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 SW	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.8 SE	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	-	4	-	6	-	3	-	4	8	8	9	6

	Monday 12							Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	5AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	Delray Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.2 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 N	1.8 NW	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNE	0.8 NE	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	7	7	4	6	10	3	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	-	7
Energy(?)	169	2	111	86	68	3	139	173	2	345	662	525	219	394	272	255	182	85	149	118	0	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:18AM 0.95				2:32PM 0.64	3:19PM 0.26	n/a n/a						3:44PM 0.55					4:56AM 0.65				5:31PM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)		4:04AM -0.02	8:34AM 0.35			4:16PM 0.25	n/a n/a				10:57AM 0.11				10:39PM 0.04					11:51AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	2	1	1	3	9	1	0	6	-6	16	16	23	16	16	17	23	22	18	18	14	21
Chill °C (?)	3	-3	-3	0	0	6	-3	-4	4	-13	15	16	23	16	16	17	23	22	18	17	12	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.2 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 N	1.8 NW	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNE	0.8 NE	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	8	7	7	4	-	10	3	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	-	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	6	6	9	8	7	4	-	13	-	12	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	12	8	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	1.1 N	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 NNE	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	-	-	-	6	4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	4	4	-

	Monday 12																					Tue
	3AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	Delray Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.1 E	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	0.1 E	2.4 W	1.8 S	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 NNE	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 N	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	5	10	11	11	6	10	10	10	8	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	152	2	221	207	180	2	716	608	5	125	1398	1359	129	1406	1472	1472	231	203	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a							3:42PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a	9:32AM 0.51												9:46PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	4	2	1	1	2	-2	-1	3	-4	16	16	23	16	16	16	23	21	16	15	8	15
Chill °C (?)	1	-1	-4	-5	-5	-3	-8	-9	-2	-15	15	15	23	15	15	15	23	21	15	14	5	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.8 S	0.3 E	0.7 E	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	0.7 E	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 N	0.2 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	8	6	9	10	5	8	11	11	7	10	10	10	8	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 N	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	10	6	-	6	6	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	0.6 NE	2.4 W	1.1 W	0.5 NE	3.5 W	0.9 N	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	6	6	5	8	4	4	7	5	-	6	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

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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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