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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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Delray Beach Florida - South	South Haven Lake Michigan	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	South Haven Lake Michigan	Indicas Great Abaco	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Delray Beach Florida - South	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland
Rating	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	2.1 WNW	2.4 W	0.9 N	1.2 NNE	1.8 NW	1.1 N	1.1 NNE	-	2.1 NW	1.5 N	0.6 E	0.9 SW	1.2 N	1.0 N	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.0 NNE	1.7 NE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	7	8	6	8	7	5	7	-	9	7	9	5	7	6	-	11	14	11	14	12	10
Energy(?)	587	405	640	73	186	292	103	115	0	810	230	144	89	131	74	0	81	70	1632	661	765	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:26AM 1.65		4:16PM 1.36	4:24AM 1.61		5:20PM 1.43		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:20PM 0.81		7:23PM 1.57		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:30AM 1.14	n/a n/a	10:54PM 0.29	8:16AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.07	8:57PM 0.43	10:06AM 0.30		10:04PM 0.46	11:02AM 0.24		11:14PM 0.43	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		11:23PM -0.24			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	-8	-10	-3	17	-6	-3	-1	15	14	-10	20	-3	-8	-12	0	-3	-4	-3	11	-1	-2
Low °C	-8	-8	-13	-3	16	-8	-3	-2	12	14	-11	19	-3	-9	-17	-6	-3	-8	-6	11	-2	-4
Chill °C (?)	-14	-15	-18	-10	16	-13	-10	-4	14	12	-17	20	-9	-15	-20	-6	-12	-12	-10	9	-7	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:03
Sunset	5:14	5:25	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:24	-	5:50	5:55	-	5:20	5:57	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	1.1 NNE	-	2.1 NW	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.0 NNE	1.7 NE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	6	-	9	9	-	11	7	-	9	-	8	9	-	-	-	11	14	11	14	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	1.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	11	-	-	8	11	-	15	-	9	15	-	-	-	9	9	14	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 W	0.9 N	1.2 NNE	1.8 NW	1.1 N	-	-	-	1.5 N	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.8 NNW	1.2 NW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.4 N	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	4	7	8	6	8	7	5	-	-	-	7	4	5	7	6	4	4	4	4	8	-	3

	Tuesday 27					Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Fri
	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.5 W	0.6 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NNE	1.4 NNW	-	0.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	6	6	9	8	7	9	6	6	7	6	-	6
Energy(?)	264	546	615	519	753	533	316	243	176	349	75	58	52	117	202	116	201	162	115	145	0	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	-	mid-ebb	-	-	mid-flow	-	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:02PM 1.35				3:15AM 1.59		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:06PM 0.72				n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	7:32PM 0.38
Low Tide / height (m)					8:51PM 0.46				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			10:08PM 0.44	10:29PM -0.16	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		10:17PM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-10	-5	-7	-9	-10	-9	-11	-13	-11	-10	-2	0	-10	14	-14	-12	-9	-7	-2	-9	14	-1
Chill °C (?)	-18	-12	-13	-15	-16	-15	-17	-20	-17	-13	-2	-4	-16	13	-14	-19	-14	-10	-6	-14	13	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	8:02	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 SW	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	6	6	9	8	-	9	-	-	7	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	-	-	9	9	10	9	-	9	-	-	11	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	-	0.3 NW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.5 W	0.6 W	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	3	4	-	2	6	7	-	-	3	-	7	5	6	6	-	6	-	-

	Tuesday 27															Wednesday 28
	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.3 S	1.6 NNE	2.3 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.3 ESE	1.5 WNW	-	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	10	8	8	10	6	6	10	6	-	11
Energy(?)	312	751	646	646	759	655	627	614	903	870	68	68	454	317	733	671	245	216	33	149	0	22
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:55PM 1.35		n/a n/a	n/a n/a					n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)									n/a n/a	n/a n/a			8:57PM 0.43		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-12	-6	-5	-5	-6	-6	-7	-7	-9	-11	2	2	-9	15	-14	-9	-7	-7	1	-7	4	-2
Chill °C (?)	-21	-14	-12	-12	-14	-14	-15	-15	-17	-16	-4	-4	-15	14	-20	-15	-14	-14	-6	-15	0	-9
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.3 S	0.2 E	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	-	-	7	7	10	10	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	9	8	-	-	8	-	-	10	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NW	1.6 NNE	2.3 W	0.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.3 NW
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	3	4	3	8	8	3	6	6	4	6	-	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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