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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	Sat	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri				Sat
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	1.6 NE	2.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	5	9	7	8	9	9	6	6	7	7	9	6	8	6	7	6	11	12
Energy(?)	212	225	124	225	97	127	475	288	218	42	164	111	144	79	288	163	697	84	156	21	106	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:08PM 0.59	4:38AM 1.01										7:09AM 1.15	7:28PM 1.26		7:48AM 1.44		8:10PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				10:43PM 0.20								1:39PM 0.56	1:09AM -0.04	1:14PM -0.03		1:56AM -0.19	1:59PM -0.13	6:08PM -0.12	2:53AM -0.13		2:54PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	8	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	9	17	18	22	9	18	22	23	10	23	18	9	23	6	11	14	10	21	20	20
Low °C	1	2	8	16	12	21	5	17	22	19	9	20	13	6	22	5	8	10	3	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	2	2	7	16	17	22	7	18	22	23	8	23	18	7	23	6	9	13	8	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	-	8	9	9	-	8	8	7	9	-	-	5	7	6	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	-	0.9 N	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	6	9	9	8	9	9	-	7	9	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	9	5	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.6 NE	2.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	5	3	7	-	-	4	6	6	7	3	9	6	8	6	3	5	-	-

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12							Monday 13									Tuesday 14
	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 NNW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	6	8	6	8	6	8
Energy(?)	244	224	231	220	172	225	125	124	94	90	100	569	149	118	240	202	131	199	182	735	232	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	ebb	low	mid-flow	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	ebb	mid-flow	ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:39PM 1.26												4:41AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)			10:20PM 0.14												10:53AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	18	12	1	2	6	8	9	8	5	-1	17	17	19	23	22	16	22	9	19	9
Chill °C (?)	5	2	18	12	-5	-3	2	5	7	6	2	-5	16	16	19	23	22	15	22	7	19	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 N	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	8	8	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.4 WSW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	8	-	2	5	3	6	4	6	8	6	-

	Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	286	244	228	242	225	224	235	197	212	166	193	120	240	634	431	431	135	146	251	125	147	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:39PM 1.26	4:12PM 0.53											3:44AM 1.01				7:41AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)																					10:25AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	21	17	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	-1	14	13	13	13	6	3	9	4	9	6
Chill °C (?)	5	4	21	17	4	2	1	0	-1	-2	-2	-10	13	12	11	11	3	0	6	-1	6	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	3	-	8	8	8	6	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 ENE	0.6 NW
Period (s)	4	3	-	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	-	10	-	-	3	3	-	3	4	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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