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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	Sun		Mon				Tue		Wednesday 22			Thu				Fri		Saturday 25			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Union Bay Lake Superior	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Long Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	2	2	4	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.6 SW	1.8 E	0.9 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.4 SW	0.6 S	1.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	6	7	6	7	5	8	6	6	6	6	9	6	8	7	7	7	7	6	10
Energy(?)	21	208	492	268	89	7	61	21	11	45	133	30	148	69	25	103	297	231	335	1022	45	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 3.39		2:02PM 2.93	2:11AM 3.32	11:26AM 1.04	10:35AM 0.67			1:10PM 1.51			2:28PM 1.44	2:37AM 1.57		3:05PM 1.35	2:56PM 5:31PM 0.25 0.25			3:32PM 6:55PM 0.20 0.21	4:50AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	3:38PM -0.00		9:57PM -0.09	7:57PM 0.00		5:23AM -0.05			1:28AM 0.03			7:52AM 0.23		8:23PM 0.49	9:13AM 0.28		4:34PM 0.25		4:07AM -0.00	5:02PM 0.20	11:09AM 0.34	4:51AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	7	18	3	22	5	22	16	18	20	12	21	18	22	4	6	20	21	18	19	12
Low °C	7	3	4	17	1	19	4	22	12	14	17	9	18	17	22	3	4	19	20	18	16	10
Chill °C (?)	3	6	4	18	0	22	3	22	15	18	20	11	21	18	22	0	3	20	21	18	19	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	7:01	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	7:21	-	7:43	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.4 SW	-	0.9 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 SW	1.2 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	7	7	-	7	6	7	5	8	6	9	6	-	9	6	8	5	8	7	12	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	1.1 SE	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SW	-	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	14	7	-	7	-	7	-	9	7	8	9	-	9	-	15	5	7	8	14	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.8 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	-	1.0 SSW	-	1.4 SW	-	1.5 E	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 W	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	5	5	7	6	-	4	4	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	4

	Sunday 19					Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wed
	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	South Padre Island Texas	South Padre Island Texas	South Padre Island Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.3 SW	1.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	7	7
Energy(?)	97	140	0	88	69	44	297	289	268	363	477	208	77	62	61	61	30	33	21	25	69	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:45AM 0.81	1:10PM 3.01							8:58AM 0.68				11:33PM 1.86					12:18PM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)				7:06PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	3	-	-	4	2	3	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	7	20	3	3	9	18	17	17	9	19	7	4	3	2	1	21	22	22	22	0	22
Chill °C (?)	24	7	20	-1	-1	9	18	16	17	7	19	6	2	0	-1	-2	21	22	22	22	-3	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	8	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	5	5	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	12	14	-	14	6	8	-	-	-	7	-	7	6	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.3 SW	1.7 E	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	4	7	7	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	9AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	South Padre Island Texas	South Padre Island Texas	South Padre Island Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 SE	1.9 ENE	1.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	-
Energy(?)	98	183	1	165	163	43	298	401	396	273	399	285	181	196	208	406	0	0	0	0	351	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														10:42PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	6	14	6	7	8	21	21	21	8	21	8	8	8	9	6	17	16	15	15	4	14
Chill °C (?)	23	3	12	3	6	3	21	21	21	5	21	5	5	4	6	2	16	15	13	13	-1	12
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	12	-	5	14	14	7	-	-	-	7	-	14	7	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 N	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.0 SSE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.5 SSW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	5	7	7	7	-	7	7	5	5	5	7	4	4	4	4	6	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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