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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	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	1.3 NNW	1.5 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 N	0.3 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	10	8	8	8	9	7	6	7
Energy(?)	53	433	458	567	1506	633	346	347	217	187	83	72	182	529	32	579	352	172	45	123	104	155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:18AM 1.36			2:39AM 0.68			3:30AM 0.69				n/a n/a	4:12PM 1.16	4:35AM 1.17	6:05AM 0.61	5:58PM 0.67		6:57AM 0.63	5:56PM 1.18		6:19AM 1.11	6:42PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 0.48	7:15PM 0.42	8:05PM 0.16		4:11AM -0.02	8:34PM 0.23	10:09AM 0.27	4:03AM -0.04		n/a n/a		10:28PM 0.12	12:21PM 0.10			1:06PM 0.05		12:14AM 0.00	12:26PM 0.07		1:08AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	27	26	18	13	16	13	17	6	10	5	6	8	18	16	23	9	5	24	23	13	26	4
Low °C	25	25	18	13	14	12	17	4	10	-1	1	8	16	16	20	6	5	23	18	10	25	1
Chill °C (?)	27	26	18	11	15	12	17	3	7	1	3	6	17	15	23	7	2	24	23	12	26	0
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 NNW	-	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 N	0.3 E	-	1.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	9	-	8	8	9	8	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.0 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	-	15	9	8	13	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	1.5 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.0 S	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	3	10	10	10	-	-	5	3	3	3	6	3	8	5	8	-	-	4	7	6	3

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	1	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.3 NNW	1.5 N	1.0 ESE	1.6 N	0.8 NW	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 N	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	8	8	11	11	7	11	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	98	77	521	551	283	442	433	554	121	600	84	865	906	699	1192	467	534	361	573	606	606	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low-flow	low	high	high-flow	low	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:40AM 0.70				1:45PM 0.47			n/a n/a	1:56AM 1.22					3:37PM 0.51				2:43AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 0.64			3:20AM -0.02		8:24AM 0.27			7:33PM 0.21	n/a n/a				9:38AM 0.17				8:20PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	2	9	12	17	16	25	26	23	25	3	14	13	14	16	26	17	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	1	-1	6	10	16	14	25	26	23	25	3	13	12	12	15	26	16	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	1.3 SE	1.3 NNW	1.5 N	0.5 SE	1.6 N	0.8 NW	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	0.4 SE	1.5 E	1.5 N	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	7	11	11	7	11	6	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.0 E	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	0.5 SE	-	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	-	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	8	8	3	-	7	4	-	10	9	10	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	1	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	1.8 S	1.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	0.5 NNW	2.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	9	9	6	7	12	12	4	12	6	10	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	63	90	575	660	91	111	45	50	24	48	229	391	1092	685	470	76	724	287	572	572	606	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)											n/a n/a							7:25AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	4	11	9	22	21	26	26	19	26	7	7	7	13	11	25	13	8	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	2	1	8	5	22	21	26	26	18	26	2	3	3	10	8	25	10	4	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.0 E	-	1.5 ESE	1.6 E	-	1.6 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	6	-	8	8	-	8	-	10	9	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.8 S	0.7 NNE	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.8 NNE	0.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	3	-	9	9	-	7	-	-	4	-	6	4	9	9	4	2	10	9	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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