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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Fri				Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Indicas Great Abaco	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	South Padre Island Texas	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	1.5 W	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	1.6 WNW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	5	4	6	8	4	7	8	7	7	8	6	7	5	6	5	4	7	8	8
Energy(?)	171	70	67	7	6	300	118	5	30	532	144	125	136	23	206	57	65	82	31	60	200	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:14AM 0.87		8:10PM 1.37	8:41AM 1.16		8:55PM 1.38	9:30AM 1.13		9:44PM 1.36	10:28AM 1.19		11:30PM 1.00	11:39AM 0.92	12:18PM 0.37	12:26AM 1.02			4:25AM 3.06	n/a n/a		2:17AM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)		3:14AM -0.06	2:54PM 0.15	2:53AM -0.13		2:54PM -0.09	3:42AM -0.13		4:21PM 0.19	4:31AM -0.11		5:12PM 0.26		5:51AM 0.01			1:09AM -0.09		10:07PM 0.26	n/a n/a	7:32PM 0.16	8:01PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	11	12	22	22	4	23	23	21	10	22	10	2	22	4	16	10	7	19	5	21	22
Low °C	20	7	11	22	21	4	23	17	13	9	22	10	0	21	4	11	7	3	17	2	20	22
Chill °C (?)	24	10	10	22	22	-1	23	23	21	7	22	8	-2	22	-1	14	8	6	19	0	21	22
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:22	6:15	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	7:17	-	8:13	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	1.3 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.8 S	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	6	7	8	4	5	8	-	7	8	6	-	8	6	7	8	7	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	6	-	12	-	7	-	-	13	7	6	-	9	8	-	6	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	1.5 W	-	0.3 SW	0.7 N	1.8 SE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.0 S	-	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 NW	1.3 SE	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	5	4	6	-	3	4	8	7	6	-	-	7	5	-	5	4	2	8	-

	Thu		Friday 17									Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	Matagorda Texas	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 E	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	5	8	4	6	7	8	5	8
Energy(?)	96	128	53	171	114	84	66	51	62	42	45	108	42	66	7	110	5	71	113	507	45	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:47PM 1.01				7:54AM 1.17					8:29PM 1.77				9:55AM 0.34					n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)					2:05AM -0.09								3:40AM -0.12							n/a n/a	3:42AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	3	22	20	20	23	24	11	22	23	4	22	21	22	24	22	23	5	1	18	23
Chill °C (?)	20	20	2	22	20	20	23	24	9	22	23	1	22	21	22	24	22	23	5	-3	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	5	8	5	8	4	6	7	5	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.3 NNE	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	13	6	-	8	8	8	8	6	8	13	6	8	13	4	12	-	6	-	-	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	8	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	Matagorda Texas	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	9	7	5	9	5	8	5	6	8	4	6	8
Energy(?)	87	88	66	104	121	121	145	164	74	162	42	74	115	103	9	281	7	97	4	1	66	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						7:27PM 1.31														n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)												2:39AM 0.06	2:51AM -0.10							n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	3	22	20	20	21	23	3	23	21	4	20	21	22	23	22	22	18	10	23	24
Chill °C (?)	20	20	0	22	20	20	21	23	1	23	21	2	20	21	22	23	22	22	18	9	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	7	8	9	5	13	5	-	5	4	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	12	14	-	13	4	-	8	-	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	4	-	5	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-

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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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