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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue				Wed		Thursday 07			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	The Wall New Hampshire	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Matagorda Texas	St George Island Florida - Gulf	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SE	2.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.6 N	1.7 NW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 SE	1.4 SW	1.0 SE	0.5 S	0.4 E	1.1 SE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	7	8	8	6	9	7	8	8	7	9	3	4	6	5	7	6	8	8
Energy	640	668	169	53	93	147	82	36	663	138	130	151	738	20	2	52	55	106	97	16	64	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:46PM 0.93	9:30AM 1.51		9:39PM 1.69	10:17AM 1.47		11:28PM 1.14	9:59AM 1.37		1:46AM 2.85		2:28PM 2.49	11:33PM 0.80	11:53AM 0.52		12:16AM 0.77	11:57AM 0.78		12:11AM 1.03	1:11PM 0.76	4:40PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16AM 0.16	3:18AM 0.19	7:00PM 0.30		4:07AM 0.20	4:31PM 0.10		4:20AM 0.86	5:08PM 0.13		8:13AM 0.13			6:27AM 0.11	5:50PM 0.12		6:03AM 0.21	5:46PM 0.32		6:10AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	24	4	7	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
High °C	12	4	6	14	11	11	13	24	18	24	25	23	25	12	22	27	27	26	9	26	14	13
Low °C	10	4	6	12	10	10	12	21	17	24	24	23	24	11	22	26	26	25	9	24	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	-1	4	12	9	9	11	24	18	24	25	23	25	9	22	27	27	26	6	26	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	8:20	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:07	8:01	-	7:49	7:30	-	7:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	0.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.6 N	1.7 NW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.8 SE	-	1.0 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	15	9	6	7	8	8	6	9	7	8	8	7	9	-	-	6	-	7	6	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	1.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	9	8	8	3	4	8	8	7	7	8	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.9 NNE	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSE	1.3 S	0.4 S	1.2 ESE	-	1.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NW	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	3	4	-	5	3	3	5	-

	Friday 01				Saturday 02									Sunday 03								Mon
	12PM	2PM	6PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	3	1	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SE	0.7 NNE	1.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.4 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	9
Energy	642	172	929	249	868	550	1399	531	424	331	209	212	320	93	88	85	69	118	81	70	60	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					9:04PM 1.70			8:59AM 1.35									9:55AM 0.59				9:37PM 1.07	1:10AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)				6:23PM 0.25			3:17AM 0.77					6:27PM 0.31			4:25AM 0.03				2:56PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	25	7	13	10	7	4	6	6	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	14	14	15	15	13	6
Chill °C (?)	6	25	7	13	8	5	4	4	4	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	13	14	15	15	12	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	0.7 NNE	1.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 NNE	1.8 SSE	0.2 WNW	1.3 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.5 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	15	12	8	3	8	-	16	16	13	11	9	-	9	8	7	8	8	4	5	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	2.4 SE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	5	5	8	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Friday 01															Saturday 02
	10AM	10AM	12PM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	3	1	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SE	0.8 NNE	2.5 SE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	8	10	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	9
Energy	725	181	791	300	625	640	328	381	392	453	194	194	194	62	61	61	74	140	110	86	37	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)														9:02PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)						2:53PM 0.36	3:19PM 0.15												2:40AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	7	25	8	12	8	10	3	4	4	4	13	12	12	19	19	19	19	16	16	12	10	7
Chill °C (?)	4	25	4	10	7	9	-2	0	0	-1	12	11	12	19	19	19	19	15	16	11	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SE	0.8 NNE	0.1 SE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	10	15	9	8	8	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 N	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	15	10	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	2.5 SE	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	8	3	-	-	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	-	5	-

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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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