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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat				Sun
	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE
Period(s)	8	7	6	6	9	4	5	4	5	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	4	5
Energy	107	8	4	4	56	3	13	18	9	394	254	207	439	177	53	105	699	307	446	602	24	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:27PM 1.11	1:49PM 2.57		10:02PM 1.15					3:23PM 2.46			12:41PM 0.30	2:24AM 0.99		12:24PM 1.21	1:35PM 0.28	2:39AM 0.01		2:25PM 0.25	3:47AM 0.04
Low Tide / height (m)	2:59PM 0.09	3:55AM 0.09	7:35AM 0.06	3:54PM 0.15	4:38AM 0.08	8:48AM 0.11	5:29PM 0.19		12:55AM -0.03			1:40AM -0.02		7:11PM 0.29	2:26AM -0.01			1:47AM 3:14AM 0.01 0.01			2:05AM 0.04	4:01AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	22	20	21	7	21	21	22	22	12	20	19	22	17	12	14	7	12	11	7	24	28
Low °C	10	22	18	20	6	20	21	21	22	11	19	19	21	11	9	14	6	10	11	6	24	28
Chill °C (?)	11	22	20	21	2	21	21	22	22	9	20	19	22	15	9	12	3	10	8	4	24	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:45	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	7:47	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 N	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.1 E	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	6	6	6	4	7	6	6	16	8	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.5 SSE	-	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	9	9	7	-	6	6	10	6	6	-	9	4	9	-	8	13	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	-	0.1 NW	2.2 SSW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	4	5	7	-	5	7	4	-	-	3	4	9	8	4	5

	Sunday 03					Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Long Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	8	6	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	9	7	7	7	8	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	5
Energy	52	228	75	69	69	217	57	3	4	79	4	7	6	46	3	46	13	12	18	10	8	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 1.33				9:25PM 1.19	1:28AM 2.70								12:08AM 1.09				11:05AM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)																						12:55AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	14	14	6	21	19	20	18	22	21	21	7	20	10	21	21	21	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	14	13	10	13	13	3	21	19	20	18	22	21	21	3	20	7	21	21	21	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.0 N	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	6	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	9	3	4	4	8	5	9	7	7	6	4	4	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	8	4	4	7	8	8	-	9	-	7	7	7	9	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	6	3	4	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	4	4	-	-	5

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	10PM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Long Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	3.0 ESE	0.2 S	3.0 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S
Period(s)	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	60	143	107	76	77	134	74	8	8	62	7	8	8	934	4	1177	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:13AM 0.87				1:30PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:12PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	7	11	12	10	19	22	22	13	22	22	21	4	20	4	20	20	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	8	3	8	9	7	19	22	22	11	22	22	21	-2	20	-2	20	20	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NNE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	4	7	7	4	8	-	-	5	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	1.0 N	0.6 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 N	0.7 NE	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	3	4	4	4	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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