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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	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Chicahauk Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	0.7 SE	1.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	1.2 S	0.5 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	6	5	7	8	9	9	6	6	9	7	9	5	6	6	8	11	11	12	5
Energy(?)	145	124	246	32	149	607	528	42	43	34	123	42	118	311	74	58	51	23	108	110	121	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 1.56								6:22AM 1.13	6:42PM 1.16		8:59AM 0.23			7:54AM 1.17						10:50AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21AM 0.12							12:52PM 0.72	12:18AM 0.03	12:30PM 0.02		1:08AM -0.10		5:24PM -0.06	1:55AM -0.08							4:53AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	17	22	24	10	11	15	22	22	24	23	4	23	7	25	26	24	19	20	20	17
Low °C	2	9	17	21	23	6	10	12	19	22	22	19	2	22	4	20	26	20	19	20	19	14
Chill °C (?)	2	6	16	22	24	8	9	14	22	22	24	23	0	23	5	25	26	24	19	20	20	16
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	-	1.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	-	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	9	-	8	9	9	6	8	9	7	9	-	6	8	8	11	11	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 E
Period (s)	5	9	8	-	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	15	12	-	-	8	-	4	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSE	-	1.3 S	2.4 SSW	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 NNE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	-	0.7 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	5	7	-	4	4	-	6	4	2	9	5	-	6	3	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 12						Monday 13									Tuesday 14
	5AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 SE	1.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	5	7	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	11
Energy(?)	204	178	118	124	89	90	100	231	120	118	181	172	29	220	140	130	360	528	224	350	303	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:37AM 0.69								4:41AM 1.05													7:14PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)											10:53AM 0.14					11:35PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	6	9	9	8	6	-1	17	17	20	23	21	18	20	20	11	11	13	9	10	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	2	6	7	6	3	-5	16	16	20	23	21	17	20	20	9	9	12	8	10	18
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	1.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	-	7	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	2	3	3	5	5	4	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12																				Mon
	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	3.5 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	7
Energy(?)	222	182	172	172	144	145	144	1829	497	497	269	269	11	121	150	150	101	88	91	83	104	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															4:16PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)								10:39AM 0.97	10:12AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	1	1	1	2	3	-1	13	14	14	14	21	8	21	12	9	6	8	5	4	16
Chill °C (?)	19	20	-4	-4	-4	-4	-2	-10	11	12	13	13	21	5	21	10	7	4	6	5	4	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	5	5	5	10	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	3.5 NNW	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	-	2.2 NE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	9	10	10	-	-	5	3	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	7

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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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