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 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			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	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 E
Period(s)	8	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	5	4	5	6	5	9	8	5	5	5
Energy	30	28	36	44	34	28	30	41	42	43	22	49	42	43	66	108	37	28	22	29	51	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:21PM 1.16	2:27AM 1.19		3:17PM 1.29	3:23AM 1.15		4:13PM 1.44	4:22AM 1.13		5:09PM 1.59		5:20AM 1.12	6:03PM 1.73		6:00AM 0.81	6:58PM 1.83		7:14AM 1.16	7:53PM 1.89		8:07AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.21	8:40AM 0.05		9:22PM 0.18	9:28AM -0.01		10:28PM 0.12	10:19AM -0.07		11:19PM 0.05	11:12AM -0.14		12:29AM -0.03	11:56AM -0.16		1:26AM -0.09	1:01PM -0.23		2:20AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	2	4	-	-	4	-	-	1	1
High °C	28	29	24	24	24	23	25	26	25	26	27	26	30	31	25	24	29	27	27	29	26	24
Low °C	23	27	23	23	24	23	23	25	24	25	27	24	25	28	23	24	28	25	24	28	26	24
Chill °C (?)	28	29	24	24	24	23	25	26	25	26	27	26	30	31	25	24	29	27	27	29	26	24
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	5	5	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	5	5	8	4	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	7	8	8	4	7	6	7	7	-	9	9	9	6	6	9	8	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.9 E	0.7 E	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 E
Period (s)	4	-	5	5	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	-	-	5	5	5

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Topsail Island Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	5	8	8	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	51	59	30	30	28	63	28	36	49	43	44	44	34	33	48	28	36	55	30	31	41	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:21PM 1.16				2:27AM 1.19				3:17PM 1.29				3:23AM 1.15				4:13PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		7:48AM 0.31					8:15PM 0.21				8:40AM 0.05				9:22PM 0.18				9:28AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	28	29	27	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	21	25	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	28	29	27	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	21	25	26	25	25
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	5	8	8	8	3	-	7	8	8	7	8	5	5	9	5	8	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	4	6	4	4	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	5	8	4	4	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	-	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	3	3	2	3	3	3	4

	Monday 08																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s)	8	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4
Energy	27	27	51	51	127	59	58	58	30	30	30	30	30	28	28	29	64	63	62	28	28	30
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													2:21PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)						7:48AM 0.31													8:15PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	24	24	23	23	23	23	25	27	28	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	23	23	23	25	27	28	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	4	4	5	5	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	3	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	2	8	8	8	4	4	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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