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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	Tuesday 11			Wed		Thursday 13			Fri				Saturday 15			Sun		Monday 17			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	0	4	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 E	2.0 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.4 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 N	1.2 SSW	1.7 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.9 WNW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	3	6	12	11	10	6	8	10	10	8	6	6	4	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	11
Energy(?)	0	1	1	2421	370	247	212	584	81	51	835	1	1	2	1	99	104	620	41	183	698	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 1.12			1:25AM 0.20	5:46AM 2.44		11:49PM 0.16	6:47AM 2.47			4:54PM 1.36		5:24AM 1.56	5:42PM 1.39		6:02AM 1.60	6:31PM 1.42		n/a n/a	6:34PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		1:06PM -0.04	7:41AM 0.37	7:45PM 0.34	1:57PM 0.00		12:06PM 0.36	2:46PM 0.05			1:45PM 0.09	9:34PM 0.16		10:57PM 0.42	11:45AM 0.38		11:46PM 0.42	12:26PM 0.32		12:24AM 0.42	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-
High °C	7	10	15	7	5	5	8	7	4	4	5	20	19	20	21	23	23	6	14	5	22	6
Low °C	3	8	11	7	4	4	8	4	2	3	4	18	18	20	20	23	22	6	13	4	21	5
Chill °C (?)	7	8	15	2	3	2	4	3	-1	-1	3	20	19	20	21	23	23	3	13	0	22	2
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:24	-	7:05	6:41	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	4:55	-	4:49	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	4:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	2.0 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 N	0.2 ESE	1.7 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.9 WNW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	11	10	9	8	10	9	9	6	6	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	1.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	7	12	8	10	14	-	-	6	-	18	15	8	13	12	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 E	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.5 NW	2.4 N	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.2 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	1.3 W	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	3	-	-	12	-	-	6	5	4	3	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	3	4	-	5

	Tuesday 11					Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Fri
	10AM	12PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	0	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SE	-	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	4	9	9	6	6	9	2	-	11	-	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	7	8
Energy(?)	135	3	980	1127	1	1	55	1	0	54	0	102	1046	1675	295	544	247	248	273	213	196	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)															2:52AM 1.45				3:02PM 1.42		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	9:49AM 0.28			6:37PM 0.28						10:57AM 0.35	1:57PM 0.00		8:11PM 0.34				8:58AM 0.53				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	7	12	10	11	13	1	15	16	5	18	15	6	6	4	4	5	6	5	3	2	5
Chill °C (?)	-3	7	11	8	10	12	-4	15	16	1	18	14	5	4	1	0	2	3	2	0	-2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	2.0 E
Period (s)	8	3	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	11	-	9	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	10	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	4	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.5 W	0.8 N
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	4	-	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	5

	Tuesday 11															Wednesday 12
	8AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	0	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	-	8	8	4	4	9	3	3	9	3	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	10
Energy(?)	166	0	1460	1460	3	3	143	1	1	118	1	5	1105	1900	1126	2147	1270	1270	1348	1457	468	692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)																		1:47AM 1.45			n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)								1:06PM -0.04				6:49PM 0.16									n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	0	2	14	13	6	7	3	8	8	2	9	6	5	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	3
Chill °C (?)	-6	-2	11	10	5	7	-3	7	6	-4	7	3	0	-1	-3	-2	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-4
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	2.3 S	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.1 W	1.9 SE
Period (s)	8	-	15	15	3	3	9	3	3	9	3	10	10	15	-	15	10	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	15	15	4	4	8	-	-	9	-	8	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.4 NE	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	4	3	8	8	3	-	4	-	-	4	-	4	6	10	9	10	4	4	4	4	7	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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