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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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	AM	AM	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Columbia St Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 NE	1.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 E	1.9 NE	1.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	7	5	4	7	4	7	10	10	7	15	14	9	10	12	7	18	8	14	14	11	11	11
Energy(?)	58	17	50	12	63	23	54	56	9	114	102	338	439	519	55	80	377	152	200	404	914	896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:19PM 1.56	12:48AM 2.01	1:17PM 1.63	1:10PM 1.51	1:31AM 0.88			2:10PM 0.30			3:40AM 1.43		3:34PM 1.03	3:50AM 1.06				6:31AM 1.17	6:21PM 0.77		5:44AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)				7:31AM 0.08			2:12AM -0.07			3:13AM -0.04		9:21PM 0.07	9:48AM 0.11		9:56PM 0.16	10:23AM 0.13	2:05PM 0.13	12:15AM 0.05			12:03AM 0.08	12:06PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	0	21	9	15	23	18	18	20	3	3	6	3	7	4	23	23	15	24	26	16	25	24
Low °C	-1	20	7	11	23	17	13	20	0	2	4	-2	3	3	23	23	14	24	24	16	24	24
Chill °C (?)	-3	21	5	14	23	18	18	20	0	1	5	0	4	-1	23	23	13	24	26	15	25	24
Sunrise	6:24	6:16	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	-	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 E	1.9 NE	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	8	7	6	10	5	15	6	9	10	12	7	7	6	14	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-	1.0 N
Period (s)	7	-	-	9	7	7	10	8	7	4	14	14	7	8	8	18	-	7	7	6	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.3 W	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.6 N	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	6	4	2	-	5	-	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 21									Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.7 NNE	1.2 N	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	5	10	8	6	10	10
Energy(?)	68	60	83	66	64	63	20	27	31	33	31	54	154	64	50	74	116	563	201	70	41	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						11:53AM 0.64								12:28PM 1.01				2:10AM 0.88				1:30PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)				6:30AM 0.00							1:09AM -0.09	7:01AM 0.03				5:45PM 0.08	9:54PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	0	19	19	1	15	21	21	21	21	21	20	13	14	15	8	4	16	-2	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	0	-4	19	19	1	14	21	21	21	21	21	20	12	13	14	6	2	16	-7	16	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 NNE	1.2 N	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	7	9	-	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	10	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 NW	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	8	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.5 W	1.0 SW	0.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	5	-	4	6	3	-

	Monday 20	Tuesday 21
	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	3.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	7	8	4	4	4	4	4	8	9	4	4	9	8	8	4	6	5	9
Energy(?)	69	68	136	113	81	9	3	7	6	10	10	145	4	27	21	3	14	1191	62	59	30	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:50PM 2.09												11:27AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)																						5:21PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	4	19	19	1	12	21	20	20	19	19	21	4	7	7	5	3	17	-1	16	9	8
Chill °C (?)	2	1	19	19	-4	9	21	20	20	19	19	21	1	5	5	3	-2	15	-7	15	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	7	8	4	6	6	6	6	8	9	4	4	5	8	7	7	9	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	8	-	-	16	-	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	3.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 E	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	4	4	-	3	4	-	-	2	8	4	6	-	2

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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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