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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	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat				Sunday 23			Mon		Tue
	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.6 WNW	0.8 SE	0.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SE	1.1 NNE	0.2 S	0.6 NE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	5	8	7	-	7	4	5	7	7	5	6	7	10	6	5	6	9	6	6
Energy(?)	1195	736	46	55	176	124	0	1	37	25	229	115	26	211	182	49	89	3	38	49	70	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:20PM 8:43PM 0.28 0.28			8:26AM 0.92		8:41PM 0.73	9:01AM 0.92			8:53AM 1.59		9:36PM 1.43	9:30AM 1.55		10:34PM 0.69	10:51AM 0.87			11:32AM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)			7:37PM 0.28	6:15AM -0.03			2:54PM 0.09	2:34AM 0.07		3:32PM 0.10	2:11PM 0.12		4:10PM 0.12	3:25AM 0.49		10:51AM -0.04	4:26AM 0.12		5:28PM 0.14		5:08AM 0.14	11:14AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	21	3	19	21	21	21	22	5	24	7	7	19	20	21	5	11	23	13	3	5	21
Low °C	20	20	2	19	20	21	21	22	3	23	6	6	18	19	12	4	11	20	12	2	2	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	-3	18	21	21	21	22	2	24	4	4	19	20	21	2	8	23	13	-1	2	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	6:41	-	6:52	6:18	-	7:16	6:20	-	7:11	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	7:24	6:50
Sunset	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:58	-	4:45	4:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	0.5 SE	0.1 E	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.8 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.6 NE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	13	8	7	-	-	8	-	-	7	8	8	8	7	9	5	6	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.2 NNW	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	12	12	-	7	6	-	-	6	6	6	11	10	8	5	9	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NW	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	5	5	-	-	4	5	7	3	5	6	7	3	6	-	-	5	3	2

	Tuesday 18					Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	6AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	6PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NNW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.2 S	0.5 NNW	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	-	2	3	3	3	9	9	9	9	8	5	7	8	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	0	1	2	2	1	736	620	484	436	363	120	113	214	71	79	0	124	90	74	4	53	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	on
Tide State(?)	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high-flow	high	high-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:20PM 8:43PM 0.28 0.28			7:50AM 0.92				7:42PM 1.47	8:04PM 0.74				8:26AM 0.92				8:41PM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)	6:07AM -0.02				7:37PM 0.28	1:22AM 0.06								1:34AM 0.42					2:54PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	17	4	21	2	2	21	21	21	21	22	20	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	16	1	21	-1	-1	21	21	21	21	22	20	22
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NNW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.2 S	0.5 NNW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	9	9	9	9	8	5	7	8	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.2 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	7	13	13	8	13	6	10	-	12	12	11	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	4	2	-	-	5	6	6	-	6	6

	Tuesday 18	Wednesday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	5AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.2 E	1.9 SW	2.0 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	-	1.7 NNW	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	2	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	3	10	9	9	-	9	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	1	1436	1406	1223	1195	1166	17	694	962	192	192	1	782	736	725	0	620	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												7:04PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	6:07AM -0.02					1:36PM 0.09												1:22AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	13	4	21	4	3	21	20	20	20	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	13	-1	21	-1	-2	21	20	20	20	21	20	21
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.3 NE	0.2 E	2.0 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	-	1.7 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	-	10	9	9	-	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.8 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	5	13	8	13	13	-	8	8	8	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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