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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	Sun	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	South Padre Island Texas	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Atlantic Beach 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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.2 ENE	2.3 NNE	1.6 SW	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	5	5	7	9	6	10	10	7	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	6	13	14
Energy(?)	648	90	91	57	30	27	10	1039	192	67	81	6	114	118	167	221	286	221	95	74	65	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				11:53AM 0.64	10:35AM 0.67	12:28AM 1.77	12:25PM 1.09	1:20PM 1.49	1:29AM 1.66		2:28PM 1.44	2:52AM 1.84		3:17PM 0.62	2:56PM 5:31PM 0.25 0.25			3:32PM 6:55PM 0.20 0.21			2:03PM 0.15
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21AM -0.41	4:03PM -0.17		6:20AM -0.04		6:12PM 0.33	6:29AM -0.00		7:14PM 0.42	8:06AM 0.22		8:46PM 0.13	8:59AM 0.29		4:34PM 0.25		4:07AM -0.00	5:02PM 0.20		4:51AM 0.04	5:36PM 0.14	11:22AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	9	6	3	21	22	15	17	20	16	18	2	3	4	1	7	7	21	18	21	17	24
Low °C	17	8	-1	0	20	22	12	17	17	13	17	-1	1	4	-1	3	7	18	17	20	15	24
Chill °C (?)	22	8	4	0	21	22	13	16	19	16	18	0	1	2	-2	4	4	21	18	21	16	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	6:16	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	-	7:21	-	7:52	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:13	-	-	7:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.2 ENE	2.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	5	7	9	8	10	10	7	14	8	8	10	13	16	6	6	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 E	1.0 WNW	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	9	8	9	6	8	3	6	14	14	13	7	8	14	14	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.0 SSW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	1.7 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	3	6	-	3	4	-

	Sun	Monday 20							Tuesday 21									Wednesday 22
	11PM	2AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	3PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Wall New Hampshire	Surf City Pier Carolina North	South Padre Island Texas	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	South Padre Island Texas	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	2.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	6
Energy(?)	78	44	673	242	226	90	40	131	68	60	55	104	61	79	27	38	44	40	31	108	23	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:58AM 0.68				11:33PM 1.86					11:53AM 0.64								12:28PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)				5:24AM -0.08			4:14PM -0.16					6:30AM 0.00							1:09AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	12	17	13	19	8	19	6	3	2	1	18	3	15	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	16
Chill °C (?)	-1	11	17	13	19	5	19	4	0	-1	-2	18	2	14	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.4 SE	1.6 E	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	-	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 E	-	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	-	8	-	6	9	6	6	6	7	8	6	8	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 ENE	2.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	0.8 SW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	7	7	7	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	3AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	10AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	The Wall New Hampshire	Surf City Pier Carolina North	South Padre Island Texas	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	South Padre Island Texas	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	1.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.6 NE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 NE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7
Energy(?)	101	23	390	24	694	389	41	190	190	159	159	230	211	212	26	26	27	27	27	20	20	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:52PM 1.82															11:24AM 0.38
Low Tide / height (m)					11:23PM 0.00				5:11AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	12	22	13	21	5	13	4	3	3	3	18	4	14	15	17	19	21	21	21	21	11
Chill °C (?)	-1	11	22	12	21	0	12	-1	-2	-2	-2	17	0	14	13	16	19	21	21	21	21	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	-	6	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SE	-	1.2 ESE	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.0 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	5	-	8	-	7	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 NE	1.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 NE	0.5 WNW	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 N
Period (s)	3	4	7	4	7	6	6	3	3	3	3	6	4	7	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	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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