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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	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Long Beach Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	3	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	2.3 E	0.4 NE	1.4 NNW	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.4 N
Period(s) (?)	7	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	7	8	8	9	8	6
Energy(?)	85	880	53	543	900	1500	637	658	695	353	336	290	111	91	203	104	675	201	291	106	408	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 1.25	1:31AM 1.41		2:19PM 1.23	2:15AM 1.31		3:25PM 1.22			3:14PM 1.12	4:05PM 0.24					6:31PM 0.63	6:25PM 0.80	5:23AM 1.42	7:20PM 0.69		6:15AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 0.64	8:13AM 0.48		8:07PM 0.69	8:57AM 0.51		9:23PM 0.55	9:06AM 0.31		6:05PM 0.23						12:41AM 0.08	11:47AM 0.26		1:38AM 0.02	12:22PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	3	13	27	25	15	13	14	12	14	6	6	5	6	9	18	19	14	17	17	24	11	4
Low °C	0	13	25	25	15	13	12	11	13	4	5	0	1	8	17	17	13	17	17	23	7	4
Chill °C (?)	0	10	27	25	13	10	13	11	13	3	2	1	3	7	17	18	12	16	17	24	11	1
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	1.0 E	1.4 NNW	-	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	1.1 NE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	-	8	11	-	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	-	8	8	9	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	9	5	5	9	8	9	-	-	7	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	2.3 E	-	0.5 SE	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	1.1 ESE	-	-	1.9 SSW	1.4 N
Period (s)	2	9	-	3	10	10	-	-	-	4	5	3	3	5	3	-	7	9	-	-	8	6

	Wednesday 08								Thursday 09									Friday 10
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	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	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Long Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Holden Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 NNW	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 N	1.9 E	3.0 NNE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	10	10	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	81	60	57	54	82	63	98	77	62	654	365	236	543	639	625	698	710	1816	1022	596	637	675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 1.48				1:20PM 1.27				12:54AM 1.40				1:45PM 0.47				3:00AM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)				7:18AM 0.42				7:09PM 0.64					8:24AM 0.27			7:33PM 0.21	8:38PM 0.15				9:42AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	-1	0	0	3	5	5	3	-3	8	7	15	25	25	26	25	13	20	13	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	-2	-5	-4	-5	0	3	2	0	-6	4	3	13	25	25	26	25	11	20	12	10	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	-	1.4 ESE	-	1.4 NNW	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 N	-	3.0 NNE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	-	10	-	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	1.0 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.9 E	0.8 NNE	1.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.9 E	-	1.9 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3	10	4	8	3	4	4	4	10	-	10	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 08
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	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	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Long Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Holden Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.9 E	1.1 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 NE	2.0 E	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	5	16	16	16	16	-	13	9	-	-	-
Energy(?)	105	107	81	72	154	120	118	115	0	0	458	52	16	17	17	17	0	64	700	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				12:42AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)											6:41AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10	17	26	26	26	26	10	21	14	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	-2	-3	-2	0	-2	-3	0	8	6	16	26	26	26	26	6	20	12	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	16	16	16	-	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 S	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	9	9	9	9

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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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