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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	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	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	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	5	10	6	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	8	8
Energy	48	202	91	116	154	208	238	440	326	89	60	66	49	66	40	44	63	72	61	51	54	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:46PM 1.54	8:51AM 0.83		9:24PM 1.52	9:40AM 0.97		10:02PM 1.49	10:05AM 0.96		10:40PM 1.44	10:42AM 1.03		11:05PM 1.40	11:34AM 0.81		12:01AM 1.34	12:16PM 0.84		11:53PM 1.43	1:01PM 0.88		1:34AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16AM 0.09		2:32PM 0.09	3:54AM 0.10		3:14PM 0.09	4:32AM 0.12		3:54PM 0.12			4:36PM 0.15		5:34AM 0.13	5:21PM 0.18		6:15AM 0.12	6:13PM 0.21		6:56AM 0.11	7:11PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	24	23	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	23	22	21	24	23	23	25	23	24	26	24
Low °C	21	20	23	20	19	19	17	15	22	20	18	22	21	20	24	22	20	24	23	21	26	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	24	23	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	23	22	21	24	23	23	25	23	24	26	24
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	10	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	11	-	13	-	-	7	7	6	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	5	3	-	10	6	7	7	9	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	6	6	6	5	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	74	65	54	48	163	149	202	166	91	62	80	116	100	121	154	131	208	182	262	238	323	417
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 1.54				8:51AM 0.83				9:09PM 1.53				9:40AM 0.97				10:02PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)					3:03AM 0.09				2:32PM 0.09				3:54AM 0.10				3:14PM 0.09				4:21AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	8	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	22	22	19	19	22	21	24	21	23	21	20	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	22	18	19	22	21	24	21	23	21	20	18	20	19	19	19	17	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	5	6	6	5	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	11	10	11	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	10	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8

	Sunday 31									Monday 01
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	103	92	74	74	65	65	56	55	54	57	49	48	47	197	163	56	149	149	146	202	202	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							8:46PM 1.54												8:51AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)														3:03AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	19	19	22	19	19	20	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	18	18	22	18	19	20	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

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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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