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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	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Padre Island Texas	Egg Island Eleuthera	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Beauregard Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Surf City Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	3	2	4	2	2	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 S	1.0 SSE	2.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 S	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	5	7	7	7	8	6	5	8	5	8	6	9	9	8	9	10	5	6	7
Energy(?)	65	75	197	9	142	187	157	161	40	68	684	73	454	97	410	543	765	1351	773	92	215	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 0.98	12:54PM 0.82	2:12PM 0.61	1:32AM 0.94		2:01PM 0.76	2:58AM 1.15	3:11AM 1.36	3:00PM 0.75	3:39AM 0.85		4:24PM 0.84		5:14AM 1.34	5:04PM 0.84	n/a n/a		3:59PM 0.56	12:06AM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.16		7:10AM 0.23			8:08AM 0.23			9:58AM 0.54		9:01PM 0.26	5:32AM -0.04		11:08PM 0.67	11:50AM 0.46		n/a n/a	6:40AM -0.01		9:42PM 0.47	8:57AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	2	4
High °C	5	18	4	22	12	4	29	23	23	25	8	6	11	11	19	19	5	2	-3	24	14	19
Low °C	3	17	3	22	12	1	23	23	22	23	7	4	8	10	18	19	4	-4	-6	24	13	17
Chill °C (?)	1	18	0	22	10	2	29	23	23	25	4	3	9	9	19	19	0	-4	-7	24	12	19
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	-	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	1.1 E	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	9	8	5	8	7	7	8	-	8	9	8	-	6	9	9	-	8	10	7	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	19	10	18	-	18	8	-	8	-	8	12	9	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	-	1.0 S	-	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.8 S	1.0 SSE	2.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.8 E	-	-	-	2.4 S	2.5 SW	0.4 NW	1.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S
Period (s)	4	6	8	-	7	-	4	2	6	5	8	5	8	-	-	-	8	9	3	5	6	7

	Monday 09							Tuesday 10							Wednesday 11
	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Port Austin Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	South Padre Island Texas	South Padre Island Texas	Matagorda Texas
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.8 NE	0.5 S	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	9	8	6	6	10	8	8	6	9	5	8	7	7	5	7	4	7	7	7
Energy(?)	228	74	69	63	76	76	45	54	90	331	41	47	7	81	218	340	58	317	8	456	366	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:08PM 0.86				12:43AM 0.98				12:49PM 0.69	2:01PM 0.28			1:57AM 1.36		n/a n/a			3:24PM 0.57	4:41PM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.12				6:05PM 0.16				7:53AM 0.46				6:55PM 0.16				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	14	15	20	20	16	17	18	20	5	18	22	22	22	4	4	19	3	22	29	30	27
Chill °C (?)	2	14	14	20	20	15	17	18	20	2	18	22	22	22	1	3	19	2	22	29	30	27
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	6	6	9	8	9	6	6	8	7	6	6	5	11	7	7	8	-	-	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	6	8	11	9	8	-	8	8	9	-	8	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.8 NE	0.5 S	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	4	-	8	-	-	5	8	7	7	5	7	4	7	7	5

	Monday 09
	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Port Austin Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	South Padre Island Texas	South Padre Island Texas	Matagorda Texas
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	9	8	6	6	6	9	8	7	8	6	9	8	8	6	-	6	5	5	6
Energy(?)	580	85	85	137	59	74	77	68	84	185	80	96	11	83	215	306	76	0	11	44	44	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)											12:20PM 0.84		1:07PM 0.27					n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)					7:37AM 0.12											6:56PM 0.53	6:05PM 0.16	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	16	16	17	19	14	14	14	20	10	18	19	22	23	6	4	17	10	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	1	16	16	16	19	14	14	13	20	8	18	19	22	23	2	0	16	9	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	6	9	8	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	6	6	8	8	9	3	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	-	9	19	18	10	-	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	2	-	8	8	6	-	-	5	5	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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