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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	Fri	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Madaket Massachusetts	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 E	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	1.1 S	1.6 S	0.7 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	7	8	5	9	8	5	6	6	8	8	12	12	11
Energy(?)	263	207	135	114	320	95	220	120	420	284	460	61	42	43	83	352	57	322	128	149	136	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:08AM 0.58		3:22PM 0.86	3:45AM 0.91		4:19PM 0.91					9:11AM 2.73			10:00AM 2.85			8:33AM 0.67					8:17PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41PM 0.16			9:24PM 0.29	10:07AM 0.22		11:22PM 0.10					3:24PM 0.17									3:04PM 0.22	2:47AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	7	10	10	17	9	17	18	12	10	9	10	23	17	25	24	22	12	8	18	19	19
Low °C	17	6	10	5	16	8	14	16	11	8	7	8	19	17	25	22	22	8	2	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	4	7	8	16	6	16	17	9	8	7	7	23	17	25	24	22	9	6	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.3 S	0.7 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	-	9	8	9	6	6	8	8	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	8	-	4	-	9	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	14	10	8	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.4 NW	0.7 N	1.3 E	0.4 NW	-	0.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	-	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	-	1.1 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	2	5	10	3	-	2	7	7	-	5	4	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 10			Saturday 11								Sunday 12							Monday 13
	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North
Rating	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	0.8 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 N	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	6	10	11	11	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	7	9
Energy(?)	458	45	520	566	566	302	303	214	204	184	124	124	172	92	125	95	216	88	83	86	141	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	ebb	mid-ebb	low	ebb	high	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:37PM 0.51				2:43AM 0.88				4:39PM 1.26					7:22AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)			8:11PM 0.35				10:33AM 0.16					1:07AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	16	16	16	15	19	24	6	5	5	4	1	3	6	8	18	8	5	5	-2	16
Chill °C (?)	18	21	15	15	15	14	19	24	2	1	1	1	-5	1	2	5	18	6	2	3	-7	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	7:34	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.8 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 N	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	6	10	11	11	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	8	-	3	10	-	9	9	-	8	8	8	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	4	-	2

	Friday 10	Saturday 11
	3PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North
Rating	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	0.8 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	6	6	9	6	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	474	54	510	510	510	359	320	227	163	162	129	146	155	226	158	159	386	207	211	216	71	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													3:34AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)											12:05AM 0.68									10:16AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	14	15	15	12	18	17	5	5	10	10	5	11	5	5	17	6	6	6	9	17
Chill °C (?)	18	20	13	14	14	10	18	17	2	2	8	7	2	10	2	2	17	2	2	3	6	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.8 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	6	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	9	8	10	9	8	9	8	8	-	8	8	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	4	6	6	4	6	4	4	2	4	4	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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