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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: North-Carolina Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, North-Carolina Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, North-Carolina Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, North-Carolina Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: North-Carolina Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: North-Carolina Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, North-Carolina Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, North-Carolina Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, North-Carolina Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

North-Carolina Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tue				Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	South Padre Island Texas	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Holden Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Columbia St Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 NNE	-	1.0 S	1.3 SW	0.1 SW	2.0 SSE	1.7 N	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	1.8 N	-
Period(s) (?)	7	9	8	8	8	-	7	5	6	10	6	-	-	5	10	10	-	9	9	-	6	-
Energy(?)	76	166	186	182	165	0	93	101	1	845	230	0	0	45	718	99	0	81	170	0	270	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 0.27	n/a n/a	4:44AM 1.47	6:49PM 0.29	4:11PM 1.27		6:10AM 0.74	5:27AM 0.85		6:55AM 0.77	6:10AM 0.88	6:10PM 0.57		6:51AM 0.90	6:54PM 0.59	8:15AM 0.82	6:52AM 1.12		9:39AM 1.13	7:41AM 0.98	8:58PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	10:21PM 0.60				12:39PM 0.07	12:01PM 0.26	12:18AM 0.01	1:24PM 0.05	12:44PM 0.24		11:55PM 0.14		1:24PM 0.22			1:24PM -0.02			2:52AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light snow	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-
High °C	16	-2	23	23	23	7	7	10	4	5	13	9	-1	7	16	1	11	6	5	4	-2	12
Low °C	15	-5	23	23	23	6	7	3	1	-1	8	6	-1	6	15	0	5	6	4	1	-4	10
Chill °C (?)	15	-9	23	23	23	3	5	7	-1	0	10	8	-1	4	15	-3	8	2	2	0	-9	10
Sunrise	-	7:41	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	5:36	-	4:37	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	5:37	-	-	-	4:32	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 NNE	-	1.0 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	2.0 SSE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	1.6 NW	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	7	9	8	8	8	-	7	8	6	10	9	-	-	9	10	10	-	9	9	6	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	1.2 W	0.1 N	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	13	7	8	8	-	9	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	5	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.3 SW	0.7 NNW	-	1.7 N	-	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 N	1.8 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	5	4	-	6	-	5	5	-	4	-	5	5	4	6	3

	Monday 12			Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	4PM	6PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	8AM	9AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	4AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NNE	0.2 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.2 N	0.2 E	1.6 NNW	1.1 N	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SE	1.2 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	7	4	6	10	3	10	4	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	7	8
Energy(?)	49	3	143	173	4	411	1	554	182	401	315	165	149	137	113	103	100	56	43	46	236	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:32PM 0.64	3:19PM 0.26	n/a n/a						3:44PM 0.55					4:41AM 0.83				4:19PM 0.77				5:25AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 0.25	n/a n/a								10:39PM 0.04					11:15AM 0.28				11:53PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	3	9	2	-1	6	-5	5	16	23	17	17	23	23	23	23	23	20	8	9	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	0	6	-2	-5	3	-12	2	16	23	17	16	23	23	23	23	23	20	6	7	2	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.2 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	1.2 N	0.2 E	1.6 NNW	1.1 N	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	3	-	10	3	10	4	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	6	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	-	0.9 W	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	13	5	12	-	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	11	-	8	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 ENE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	3	7	8

	Monday 12									Tuesday 13
	2PM	2PM	4PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NNE	0.3 ENE	2.1 WNW	1.4 SSW	0.2 E	1.8 N	0.2 ESE	2.5 NW	0.9 N	2.5 NW	2.0 NNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 N	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	4	7	11	4	10	4	10	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	10	4	8	9	6	9
Energy(?)	62	7	456	469	3	813	3	1388	182	1388	1156	177	166	179	199	199	926	10	7	203	99	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a				6:02PM 0.27								3:53AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a		4:16PM 0.25			9:46PM 0.04												9:14AM 0.90	9:06AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	9	2	-1	9	-3	9	16	23	16	16	23	23	23	23	23	16	3	5	-3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	1	7	-4	-8	7	-12	6	15	23	15	15	23	23	23	23	23	16	0	5	-10	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.3 E	-	1.4 SSW	0.2 E	1.8 N	0.2 E	2.5 NW	0.9 N	2.5 NW	2.0 NNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 N	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	4	-	11	3	10	4	10	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	10	4	8	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.7 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.4 E	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 W	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	4	12	4	8	10	8	10	-	-	-	7	7	9	9	-	13	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	2.1 WNW	0.9 W	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	4	7	4	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	5

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of North-Carolina where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None