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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	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Union Bay Lake Superior	Chicahauk Carolina North	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	2.1 E	1.2 S	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	6	8	7	9	7	5	9	7	7	7	5
Energy(?)	547	510	263	128	198	124	146	94	178	79	46	244	676	310	42	420	88	52	170	383	64	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:16PM 1.07	4:08AM 0.58		4:39PM 0.53	7:08PM 0.23		4:06PM 0.93	4:38AM 0.94	5:29AM 0.71	5:58PM 0.67	8:54PM 2.57					7:04PM 1.19		10:47AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37AM 0.52		9:41PM 0.16	10:33AM 0.16			10:29AM 0.17		10:22PM 0.21	12:04PM 0.06		2:58AM 0.32			12:26AM 0.04			1:01AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	9	24	7	6	8	17	19	24	23	7	7	23	1	26	20	12	12	9	22
Low °C	12	12	16	7	20	3	2	8	15	16	23	20	5	6	19	1	25	19	9	11	4	22
Chill °C (?)	14	12	17	7	24	4	2	4	16	18	24	23	4	5	23	-4	26	20	10	10	8	22
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:44	-	-	7:36	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	6	7	-	9	8	9	9	14	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	-	-	9	9	8	4	9	10	15	-	-	-	-	5	10	14	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSE	0.3 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	2.1 E	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 NNE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	2	3	3	3	2	5	6	8	7	4	7	5	4	7	7	4	5

	Friday 10							Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 SE	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	6	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	686	847	547	356	458	46	231	566	566	302	303	104	207	184	234	161	234	315	105	94	82	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	ebb	low	ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:37PM 0.51				2:43AM 0.88				4:39PM 1.26				4:07AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)			9:42AM 0.18				8:20PM 0.25				10:33AM 0.16	12:54PM 0.46			9:45PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	19	17	20	17	15	15	16	19	10	5	5	13	16	11	19	5	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	19	16	20	17	14	14	16	19	7	1	1	13	15	11	19	4	4	5	6
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:34	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 SE	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	5	-	11	3	3	3	2

	Friday 10	Sat
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	0.9 SE	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	1.4 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	7	9	10	10	10	10	5	7	7	10	10	10	10	6	8	8	8
Energy(?)	342	342	567	1284	601	73	295	575	575	418	363	65	70	84	359	274	325	198	157	158	161	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													3:36PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)							8:46AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	12	12	19	13	11	10	17	18	11	8	8	12	18	14	18	11	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	10	10	19	12	9	8	17	18	8	5	5	10	18	13	18	8	4	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	-	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	9	8	-	-	-	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	6	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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