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

	Sunday 19			Mon				Tue		Wed				Thu		Fri				Sat		Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Beauregard Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	The Point Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.8 N	1.6 SE	1.5 SW	1.5 E	0.9 SE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.1 E	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	9	9	10	14	8	5	6	8	5
Energy(?)	97	273	281	328	192	86	8	73	31	9	40	204	78	67	52	97	136	3	15	101	2	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:16AM 2.28	10:26AM 1.09		2:27AM 3.35	11:38AM 0.75	2:58PM 2.81	12:16AM 1.11	12:15PM 0.90		2:31AM 1.15		2:18PM 1.46			3:38PM 1.43		3:48AM 1.51	4:16PM 1.34	3:32PM 6:55PM 0.20 0.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:22PM -0.07	8:20PM -0.06		4:18PM -0.13	8:13PM 0.01	5:55AM 0.10			6:26AM 0.00	6:24PM 0.05	7:11PM -0.02	8:06AM 0.22			9:13AM 0.28		9:38PM 0.51	10:19AM 0.31		5:02PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
High °C	24	10	9	7	20	3	22	5	4	15	18	20	22	16	17	23	3	21	23	25	22	22
Low °C	23	9	9	4	20	1	20	4	1	12	15	17	21	14	15	23	2	20	23	23	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	5	6	4	20	0	22	3	4	14	18	19	22	16	17	23	-1	21	23	25	22	22
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:20	7:01	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.1 E	1.5 SW	-	0.9 SE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	14	7	-	7	6	7	7	7	6	9	7	9	9	10	14	8	-	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 S	-	1.1 SE	-	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	12	7	-	7	-	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	-	7	3	7	10	8	-	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 N	1.6 SE	-	1.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	7	-	4	2	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	2	5	5	6	6	5

	Sat	Sunday 19								Monday 20							Tuesday 21
	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Columbia St Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	3	7	8	6	6	7	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	5	5
Energy(?)	3	114	110	76	101	92	99	90	98	108	67	580	137	363	204	156	76	65	54	62	24	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 3.42			9:22AM 1.23	1:24PM 3.05			10:20PM 1.17				11:23AM 1.62				11:33PM 1.86					12:18PM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM -0.07						3:38PM -0.00	7:06PM -0.08			4:26AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	6	8	17	25	11	24	3	24	11	11	5	7	9	20	8	5	3	2	1	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	5	6	16	25	9	24	-2	24	11	9	1	4	7	20	6	3	0	-1	-3	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.9 NNE	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	8	6	5	7	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	-	6	7	7	7	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	4	7	14	12	6	11	7	7	13	7	7	-	7	6	6	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.0 NNE	-	1.8 SE	0.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	3	-	-	6	6	-	-	3	-	7	-	7	3	7	7	6	4	-	-	3	5	5

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Columbia St Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	0.7 S	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	2.1 NE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	3	6	7	4	4	7	8	7	8	8	8	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-
Energy(?)	4	79	88	23	41	114	97	185	97	17	20	104	225	238	396	212	191	191	192	331	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														10:24AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)																				4:21PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	5	6	16	22	6	23	5	23	21	21	2	7	7	22	9	10	11	10	7	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	4	5	15	22	5	23	3	23	21	21	-3	5	4	22	6	7	8	7	3	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	7	4	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	14	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	7	-	12	15	12	7	7	-	8	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 SE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.3 SE	-	1.6 SE	2.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	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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