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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	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Long Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	3	0	1	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	1.1 SE	1.3 NNW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	7	7	8	9	7	7	8
Energy(?)	788	91	433	482	443	694	551	339	320	397	186	96	59	180	85	627	581	351	158	170	218	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:18AM 1.36		2:19PM 1.23	1:50AM 1.18			3:10PM 0.27		3:50PM 0.52		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:44AM 1.26		5:09PM 1.30			5:56PM 0.97	6:48PM 1.14	6:18AM 1.01	6:42PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 0.64	7:55AM 0.48			8:07AM 0.34	4:11AM -0.02					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:19PM 0.16	11:03AM -0.10					1:05AM 0.47	12:27PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	22	25	17	14	14	13	17	6	5	3	6	8	18	19	14	13	17	23	21	21	18
Low °C	13	20	25	17	12	14	12	17	4	4	-2	0	8	16	17	14	8	17	22	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	10	22	25	16	12	12	12	17	3	1	-1	3	7	18	19	12	11	17	23	21	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	7:37	7:13	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SE	1.3 NNW	-	-	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.3 SE	0.9 S	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	-	-	8	9	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	8	6	5	8	9	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 E	-	0.5 SE	1.6 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	-	3	10	10	-	-	-	5	6	3	3	5	3	2	7	7	-	-	7	7	-

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09								Friday 10								Sat
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	1	2	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 N	1.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 N	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	9	10	8	8	8	11	11	6	6	10	10	10	10	11	10	5	10	11
Energy(?)	82	63	91	77	533	641	294	267	457	554	625	88	98	1005	804	828	913	516	551	42	562	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:20PM 1.27				12:54AM 1.40				1:45PM 0.47		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:54AM 1.21					2:20PM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)				7:09PM 0.64			3:20AM -0.02					n/a n/a	n/a n/a				8:38AM 0.46				8:20PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	5	5	3	9	7	16	16	16	25	25	4	3	12	13	13	16	25	14	4	14	14
Chill °C (?)	0	2	2	0	6	3	14	14	14	25	25	2	3	11	12	12	15	25	13	0	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	1.5 N	1.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 N	1.6 E	0.4 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	11	11	6	6	10	10	10	10	11	10	6	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	-	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NW	-	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.8 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	2	-	9	10	8	8	8	4	4	4	-	10	10	10	10	8	-	5	-	-

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	1	2	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.9 E	2.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.4 NE	2.0 E	0.3 SE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	9	9	6	6	6	12	12	6	6	9	10	10	9	11	9	7	9	9
Energy(?)	85	87	82	82	537	775	97	91	91	32	30	134	193	562	605	605	405	53	702	10	566	579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:19PM 0.96		1:19PM 0.29					n/a n/a	n/a n/a				12:57AM 1.20	1:41AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)											6:40PM 0.18	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	2	3	4	11	13	20	21	22	27	27	6	5	8	9	8	9	25	13	-1	8	8
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	0	2	8	10	20	21	22	27	27	2	0	5	6	5	6	25	10	-6	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	10	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 E	2.2 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.8 NNE	-	2.0 E	0.3 W	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	9	10	10	5	-	9	2	9	9

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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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