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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	Thu				Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NNW	-	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.1 SE	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.0 NNE	0.4 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.7 NE	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	-	6	6	4	6	9	5	6	5	9	6	6	9	7	7	4	9	6	6	5	6
Energy(?)	109	0	9	55	23	108	5	24	130	59	82	84	47	42	99	53	33	52	95	90	47	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.92		8:41PM 0.73	9:01AM 0.92		9:17PM 0.72	9:36AM 0.91			8:34PM 0.85	8:54AM 1.14		10:20AM 1.57		10:59PM 1.37	11:02AM 1.52		10:35PM 1.21	1:18PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 0.09	2:34AM 0.07		3:32PM 0.10	3:10AM 0.09		4:10PM 0.12		2:22AM 0.24		3:24PM 0.23		4:55PM 0.31	4:48AM 0.57		4:53PM 0.29		6:01AM 0.22	5:52PM 0.93	5:34PM 0.12	6:45AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-
High °C	21	21	4	13	4	7	16	23	22	9	4	10	11	3	2	21	21	17	18	10	25	21
Low °C	21	21	2	12	4	6	14	22	20	5	3	9	10	2	0	18	20	16	16	10	25	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	2	13	0	4	15	23	22	6	0	8	11	-2	-2	21	21	16	18	8	25	21
Sunrise	6:52	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:22	4:52	-	-	4:58	-	4:45	4:50	-	4:23	-	-	-	4:42	-	4:43	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	-	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	-	6	6	-	-	6	5	8	6	8	9	6	8	7	5	8	9	9	6	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	-	8	12	12	-	9	8	11	9	9	7	9	9	9	7	-	8	12	8	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 NNE	0.5 W	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	1.1 S	-	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	6	4	5	6	5	3	6	-	4	3	4	4	4	6	-	5	-

	Wed	Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	7
Energy(?)	244	191	161	139	109	107	62	52	5	55	51	41	107	85	179	116	414	286	300	204	58	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:04PM 0.74				8:26AM 0.92				8:08PM 0.33				8:25AM 1.67				8:40PM 1.42				8:09AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		1:58AM 0.06					2:54PM 0.09				1:14AM 0.18				2:43PM 0.21				3:22AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	13	13	13	4	6	5	3	7	6	5	5	18	8
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	13	13	13	2	6	5	0	4	3	1	1	17	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	4	4	5	-	12	12	12	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	4	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	2	-	3	3	3	4

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	8
Energy(?)	256	249	244	237	196	191	190	162	0	137	141	132	14	19	30	23	6	11	11	11	28	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:04PM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)						1:58AM 0.06												1:59PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	12	12	12	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	9	2
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	9	9	9	-1	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	8	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	-	6	6	6	10	9	7	9	8	5	5	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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