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 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			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	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Chicahauk Carolina North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Delray Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.0 NE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	2.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SW
Period(s)	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	5	9	7	7	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6
Energy	683	522	421	637	523	753	350	352	133	82	27	69	98	102	631	170	165	162	42	443	220	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 1.17	11:40PM 2.78	12:13PM 2.52		12:01AM 2.98	12:36PM 2.70		12:52AM 2.75	1:12PM 2.63		1:10AM 2.91	1:49PM 2.57		10:53PM 1.62	11:37AM 1.38		11:22PM 1.50		12:10PM 1.35	12:15AM 1.50	11:42AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:27PM 0.04			6:19AM -0.05	6:23PM 0.25		6:23AM -0.04	7:00PM 0.30		6:59AM 0.00	7:01PM 0.37		7:35AM 0.06	4:43PM 0.47		5:25AM 0.27	5:22PM 0.52		6:07AM 0.33	5:58PM 0.58	6:04PM 0.58	5:59AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	3	14	2	1	-	-	-	8	-	5	2	1	1	3	1	-	-	2	22
High °C	8	8	8	9	10	8	6	13	12	14	25	15	25	25	24	25	30	20	27	18	17	16
Low °C	7	8	7	8	9	5	3	13	10	10	23	12	21	24	23	25	28	20	21	17	9	15
Chill °C (?)	7	8	6	8	9	7	5	12	10	13	25	14	25	25	24	25	30	20	27	17	16	15
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	0.3 SE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	5	9	7	7	8	8	8	6	7	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	12	15	15	7	16	13	7	7	9	5	3	8	-	7	8	10	-	16	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	0.6 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	2.0 NE	-	-	-	0.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	3	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	7	7	6

	Wed	Thursday 30								Friday 01							Saturday 02
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy	316	322	788	788	702	578	522	528	508	421	340	292	249	523	506	504	498	770	453	616	388	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						11:17AM 2.78				11:26PM 2.99							9:04PM 1.70				9:38AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		1:39AM 0.02		5:37AM -0.02				5:45PM 0.20				5:45AM -0.05		2:53PM 0.36					3:29AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	10	9	10	7	5	7	12	8
Chill °C (?)	18	18	7	6	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	9	9	7	8	4	2	4	11	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 SE	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	15	15	8	9	9	-	7	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	4	3	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Energy	276	278	651	651	674	1271	596	772	788	669	683	683	683	727	712	712	712	564	693	599	710	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:00PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)										5:05AM -0.02								2:10PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	18	19	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	2
Chill °C (?)	18	19	3	3	5	3	3	7	7	5	5	6	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	10

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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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