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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	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 S	1.7 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	2.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 NNW	1.4 S	0.3 S	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	6	9	7	7	7	3	4	4	8	5	5	7	8	6	10	6	9
Energy	141	249	73	106	106	4	495	4	5	3	8	9	17	873	75	92	475	463	203	349	8	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:15AM 1.44		9:39PM 1.69	9:29AM 1.37		1:10AM 2.91	1:49PM 2.57	2:08PM 2.37	10:53PM 0.83	10:35AM 1.21		11:00PM 1.00			11:45PM 0.95			1:03AM 1.67		2:02PM 0.68		5:04AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 0.11		3:49AM 0.82	7:01PM 0.37		7:35AM 0.06				4:48PM 0.05	4:37AM 0.12	8:52AM 0.21	5:03PM 0.23		9:35AM 0.28	6:49PM 0.11				11:09PM 0.59	11:49AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	1	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	29	9	12	21	18	22	21	22	23	23	24	16	24	27	25	22	12	16	22	15
Low °C	7	8	22	5	11	18	18	22	21	21	22	22	23	14	24	25	24	10	9	15	21	9
Chill °C (?)	4	8	29	6	10	21	18	22	21	22	23	23	24	14	24	27	25	22	10	15	22	14
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 S	1.7 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	1.8 SSE	0.6 SE	-	0.2 E	1.9 SSW	0.6 SE	1.4 S	0.3 S	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	5	9	8	6	9	7	7	7	6	6	-	8	5	-	8	8	9	10	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 SE	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	9	-	3	4	8	-	4	-	-	6	-	16	-	-	-	9	9	8	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	2.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.5 W	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	8	5	5	7	4	6	3	-	3

	Saturday 02							Sunday 03								Monday 04
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	3PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Delray Beach Florida - South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.6 NW	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	5	7	8	9	8	9	7	8	6	8	9	8
Energy	993	531	399	341	227	217	251	229	50	67	84	40	106	88	61	236	179	71	3	387	73	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:59AM 1.35	9:38AM 1.50					12:52AM 2.75			9:19AM 0.89				9:37PM 1.07	1:10AM 2.91					2:08PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)						6:27PM 0.31			4:25AM 0.03								4:35AM 0.12	5:09AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	5	12	8	8	8	7	6	11	7	22	12	12	14	13	6	22	20	20	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	2	4	11	6	8	8	7	4	9	3	22	10	10	13	12	3	22	20	20	18	18	15
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.6 NW	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	7	8	9	8	9	7	8	6	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	16	4	10	9	5	5	4	7	5	4	9	3	7	8	10	8	4	-	8	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 SW	-	0.3 W	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 W	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	3	-	4	-	3	-	7	-	3	3	6

	Saturday 02	Sun
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Delray Beach Florida - South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 NE	0.5 S	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 S	1.1 ESE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	4	9	9	4	9	10	5	6	9	9	9
Energy	1187	632	486	1403	144	144	144	166	39	83	130	9	169	56	6	227	46	60	4	180	277	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				10:12PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)					6:23AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	4	5	4	7	7	8	7	13	10	31	10	8	13	10	7	32	16	21	21	8	7
Chill °C (?)	4	1	2	2	7	4	8	6	11	8	31	10	8	11	9	7	32	15	21	21	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	-	0.7 N	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	16	-	16	-	-	-	9	5	4	6	4	9	6	4	9	10	5	-	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	2.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	3	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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