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 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri				Sat		Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.9 NNE	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 ESE	3.0 SE	1.7 S	-	1.6 NW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	7	4	7	8	4	7	6	6	8	9	10	10	-	9	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	10
Energy	113	34	64	113	70	68	64	42	208	529	2760	1292	0	354	153	116	69	106	167	113	52	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	on	on	off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:56PM 1.05		5:39AM 0.77	5:21PM 1.20		5:54AM 1.23	6:26PM 1.17	10:36PM 0.80	10:18AM 2.88		7:40PM 1.50				8:23AM 1.51		9:34PM 1.97	10:10AM 1.68		9:37PM 1.35	1:51PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08AM 0.37		11:50PM 0.38	12:04PM -0.05		12:01AM 0.05	11:48AM -0.10		4:29AM -0.04		1:32PM 0.23	1:55AM -0.00		2:48PM -0.07	2:37AM -0.13		2:33PM -0.07		3:54AM -0.06	4:11PM 0.21	4:15AM -0.18	7:34AM -0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	9	27	9	28	16	25	20	13	13	8	12	5	23	19	22	21	23	16	14	18	24	26
Low °C	6	25	6	25	16	24	17	13	11	8	11	4	23	19	20	18	22	9	10	17	22	18
Chill °C (?)	6	27	6	28	14	25	20	12	12	4	11	2	23	19	22	21	23	15	13	18	24	26
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.7 ESE	3.0 SE	1.9 ESE	-	1.6 NW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	11	7	8	7	7	6	5	8	9	10	9	-	9	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.5 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	1.7 S	-	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	4	6	4	10	10	6	10	6	-	-	10	-	8	9	8	8	8	18	9	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	1.1 S	-	0.5 N	0.8 S	-	1.3 ENE	2.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 E
Period (s)	2	4	3	-	4	-	3	6	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	3	3

	Tuesday 12									Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	7	7	6
Energy	292	208	41	133	106	88	121	79	80	58	60	52	113	109	134	137	104	55	44	59	72	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:49AM 1.01	7:33AM 2.62			5:32PM 1.56				5:53AM 1.46					6:26PM 0.85				6:00AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)									10:48PM 0.35					11:15AM -0.06				11:58PM 0.05				12:00PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	10	8	11	11	12	8	19	6	6	8	28	29	31	30	26	15	14	24	26	16
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	5	10	9	11	6	19	3	4	6	28	29	31	30	26	15	13	24	26	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	11	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	7	5	15	-	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	4	5	7	7	4	10	5	10	9	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 SSW	-	1.1 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	2	-	4	7	-	6	4	4	4	-	-	3	4	2	5	5	-	4	-

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	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	11	8	7	7	8	11	8	8	4	8	8	4	4	8
Energy	337	309	55	159	164	208	185	224	15	154	123	113	14	22	14	14	18	103	103	25	34	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								4:49AM 1.37													4:56PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)			10:08PM 0.21													11:14AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	11	9	11	9	9	8	8	8	13	7	7	6	27	26	28	29	29	13	13	27	25	12
Chill °C (?)	10	7	10	7	7	6	5	5	11	4	3	2	27	26	28	29	29	12	12	27	25	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	5	8	9	8	8	8	11	8	7	7	4	5	4	4	8	8	8	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 S	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	11	11	4	4	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	6	2	2	2	4	-	4	4	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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