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

	Thu	Fri				Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.6 SSW	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	10	9	7	6	8	9	9	7	7	-	4	4	4	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	181	449	361	137	24	206	24	34	93	102	0	2	11	7	874	385	251	527	76	75	422	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)			5:20PM 1.41	4:19PM 1.00	5:23AM 1.57	6:12PM 1.51		7:04AM 0.86	7:02PM 1.60		7:19AM 1.74	7:46PM 1.68		8:47AM 1.24	10:49AM 0.11		7:48PM 0.94	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:56PM 0.79	9:14AM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03AM 0.28			11:53AM 0.22		12:15AM 0.37	1:22PM -0.06		1:09AM 0.29	1:40PM 0.11		1:52AM 0.24		6:07AM 0.06	2:27PM 0.08	1:54AM 0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:23AM -0.09		3:34PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	-4	-3	22	18	2	15	14	2	-4	-11	19	19	19	1	1	1	1	19	18	1	18
Low °C	14	-5	-3	21	17	0	13	13	-1	-12	-15	18	19	17	-2	0	-2	1	18	17	0	18
Chill °C (?)	13	-10	-8	22	18	-2	14	14	-1	-10	-18	19	19	19	-3	-2	-2	-2	19	18	-4	18
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:04	-	5:57	5:39	-	6:04	6:00	-	6:05	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:00	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	1.4 E
Period (s)	7	10	9	7	6	9	5	9	7	7	-	-	-	4	8	8	-	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 S	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	13	12	-	6	-	9	5	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.6 N	1.3 W	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	-	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	1.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	2	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	3	5	4	4	-	8	7	6	7	2	-	8	-

	Thursday 26			Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Indicas Great Abaco	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 WNW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	7	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	10	10	12	6	6	8	8	7	9	9	9
Energy(?)	224	520	443	294	606	515	246	341	361	315	538	608	509	43	10	10	121	418	309	45	45	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:14PM 0.73				4:15AM 1.53					5:20PM 1.41				7:01AM 1.09				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			6:21AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)			10:02PM 0.50					11:38AM 0.02				11:11PM 0.46						n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:05AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	-1	-2	14	-3	-5	-5	19	-3	-4	-5	-5	-5	-8	17	19	24	-7	-8	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	0	-5	-6	13	-7	-10	-11	19	-8	-8	-9	-7	-5	-13	17	19	24	-12	-14	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 WNW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	10	10	7	10	10	9	9	9	8	12	10	10	8	6	6	8	-	-	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	13	-	-	7	6	5	11	-	-	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-

	Thursday 26									Friday 27
	2PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Indicas Great Abaco	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 WNW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	6	6	7	5	4	7	7	7
Energy(?)	224	495	573	186	1228	1012	520	918	855	437	379	674	674	74	46	46	174	35	34	122	99	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:10PM 1.35															n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)																		n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	3	3	2	15	0	0	-2	17	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	21	20	23	-2	-2	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	0	-2	-2	13	-5	-5	-7	16	-6	-6	-5	-6	-6	-6	21	20	23	-8	-8	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	0.1 SE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 WNW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	10	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	8	-	14	-	-	-	7	-	13	-	13	13	12	-	-	13	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	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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