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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	Sun		Monday 23			Tue				Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat				Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Beauregard Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	The Lighthouse Carolina North
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.4 NE	1.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	1.5 NE	1.7 E	0.7 ESE	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	7	8	9	8	9	3	5	8	8	6	7	9	9	9	8	9	8	5	6
Energy(?)	313	102	186	266	283	269	24	456	3	41	314	560	46	623	3404	91	353	71	318	134	55	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:31PM 1.09	11:47AM 0.77	3:07PM 2.79	12:30AM 1.24	12:49PM 0.87		1:30AM 1.19	1:49PM 0.84		2:52AM 0.82		6:27PM 2.46			7:41PM 2.49		5:14AM 1.54			8:17PM 0.26	6:11PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	4:53PM 0.04		6:03AM 0.13			7:04AM 0.06	6:26PM 0.08		8:06AM 0.09	7:15PM 0.00	8:18PM 0.00	8:07AM 0.12		12:31AM 0.39	10:19AM 0.19		2:06AM 0.34	11:47AM 0.30		12:06AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	23	19	2	1	-1	23	23	20	15	23	19	18	13	9	23	1	-5	12	7	14	9
Low °C	24	19	17	2	-1	-4	22	22	18	15	22	18	18	8	8	22	-9	-9	5	5	10	8
Chill °C (?)	25	23	18	-4	-2	-7	23	23	20	14	23	19	18	10	4	23	-4	-10	10	4	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:34	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	0.4 NE	1.7 ENE	-	0.7 E	1.5 NE	1.7 E	0.7 ESE	-	3.0 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SE	-	1.0 E	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	8	9	8	9	-	5	8	8	6	-	9	9	9	8	-	8	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	1.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.4 S	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	9	9	8	13	-	8	12	9	8	-	-	7	8	8	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 NE	-	0.9 N	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 SSE	-	-	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	-	0.8 NW	0.5 N	1.4 E	-	1.1 E	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	3	6	7	-	4	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	7	9	-	4	3	9	-	5	6

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.4 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	0.2 ESE	1.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	7	9	9	6	9	9	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	3	9
Energy(?)	292	269	235	235	81	102	261	82	55	216	204	122	397	495	84	181	262	262	189	320	1	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 0.82					11:34PM 1.27				11:18AM 1.11								1:25PM 1.46				1:27AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)			4:53PM 0.04					6:00AM 0.02				5:04PM -0.05	9:05PM 0.07				10:23AM -0.16			7:13PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	3	22	20	15	18	21	27	22	5	0	0	21	-2	0	0	1	-2	20	23
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	0	22	20	14	18	21	27	22	3	-4	-4	21	-7	-2	-6	-3	-4	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	-	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	9	9	6	9	9	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	7	9	-	8	8	9	10	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	1.4 S	-	0.2 WNW	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	2	6	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	4	3	4	3	3

	Sunday 22															Monday 23
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Jensen Beach Florida - South
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.9 NE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	11	3	9
Energy(?)	333	292	292	155	141	141	70	141	313	47	106	334	209	23	169	160	118	329	329	311	4	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:54AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)									4:55PM -0.13				8:14PM -0.06									5:35AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light snow	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	0	23	24	16	25	25	25	18	8	2	7	21	1	1	-1	-1	-2	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	-6	23	24	15	25	25	25	17	5	-2	5	21	-5	-4	-8	-9	-10	19	19
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	5	8	7	7	7	7	11	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	4	4	4	4	8	-	8	9	-	16	16	16	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.3 NW	-	0.9 S	-	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	3	-	4	-	9	4	5	6	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	5	3	3

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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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