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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	Thu		Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Shackleford Banks 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	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	7	7	6	6	10	10	5	9	4	5	8	7	8	10	9
Energy	90	70	74	50	39	30	32	278	155	83	50	36	79	49	33	35	43	18	12	15	43	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 1.50		7:04AM 1.02	7:30PM 1.53		7:44AM 1.01		8:08PM 1.54	8:23AM 0.99		8:46PM 1.54	9:02AM 0.98		9:09PM 1.52	9:40AM 0.97		10:02PM 1.49	10:20AM 0.96		10:40PM 1.44	10:53AM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)		2:24AM 0.04	12:44PM 0.04		1:57AM 0.09	1:21PM 0.05		2:37AM 0.08	1:58PM 0.05		3:16AM 0.09		2:45PM 0.11	3:43AM 0.11		3:14PM 0.09	4:32AM 0.12		3:54PM 0.12			4:36PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	25	23	24	24	24	22	21	19	20	21	24	25	24	22	25	24	22	25	24	20	26
Low °C	30	22	22	24	23	24	22	18	17	20	20	22	24	18	18	24	18	17	25	23	19	25
Chill °C (?)	31	25	23	24	24	24	22	21	19	20	21	24	25	24	22	25	24	22	25	24	20	26
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	8	8	8	5	5	6	6	8	6	5	10	10	5	5	8	5	7	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	8	6	6	4	8	8	-	14	7	9	10	4	8	9	9	9	8	4	6	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	5	4	5	-	-	7	7	6	6	3	3	5	3	4	5	-	-	2	-	3

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks 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	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.2 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s)	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	5	6	7
Energy	115	222	90	77	68	70	62	88	74	73	50	78	40	39	37	30	30	32	32	71	231	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 1.50				7:04AM 1.02				7:30PM 1.53				7:44AM 1.01					8:08PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		11:56AM 0.22					2:24AM 0.04			12:44PM 0.04				1:57AM 0.09				1:21PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	3	-	-
Temp. °C	28	30	30	28	27	23	22	22	23	24	24	23	24	23	23	24	24	22	22	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	28	30	30	28	27	23	22	22	23	24	24	23	24	23	23	24	24	22	22	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	8	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	7

	Thursday 28															Friday 29
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SE	1.3 SSW	0.7 SE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	6	6	8	6	8	6	6	6	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	210	210	115	206	104	222	221	217	90	90	106	77	77	68	68	72	57	70	70	62	62	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											6:31PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				11:55AM 0.04	12:06PM 0.04												12:52AM 0.30		2:24AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	28	29	30	30	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	23	23	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	25	26	28	29	30	30	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	23	23	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	2	2	-	4	5	5	5	5	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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