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 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Sat		Sunday 09
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Topsail Island Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Holden Beach Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.5 N	1.3 N	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	4	7	6	7	5	12	12	5	6	9	5	8	8	7	9	9	9	10	11
Energy(?)	45	210	109	46	48	209	304	15	21	27	152	18	24	72	47	32	313	971	435	947	783	1543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:04AM 1.68	5:11PM 1.47		5:37AM 1.31	5:58PM 1.05		6:22AM 1.76	6:56PM 1.19	7:04PM 1.44	8:03AM 2.08	8:50PM 1.70	8:24PM 0.79	8:56AM 1.13		8:47PM 1.04	9:50AM 1.09		9:35PM 1.04	10:17AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	11:23PM 0.24	11:28PM 0.02	11:17AM 0.01		11:20PM -0.05	12:02PM -0.05		11:56PM -0.10		1:07PM -0.15	12:53AM -0.16		2:45AM 0.16	2:34AM -0.10			2:40AM 0.01		4:38PM -0.00	3:34AM 0.05		4:48PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	15	19	14	13	15	20	6	11	19	21	18	22	22	24	13	15	12	4	6	6
Low °C	16	19	15	18	10	12	14	20	5	11	15	20	16	17	21	23	12	14	3	2	6	4
Chill °C (?)	16	20	14	19	12	11	14	20	0	9	18	21	18	22	22	24	11	13	10	2	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:04	-	4:40	4:27	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:32	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	7	7	7	8	7	5	12	12	9	6	9	9	8	8	10	-	9	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 SE	1.5 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	-	10	9	9	14	8	-	12	12	16	-	4	-	5	4	-	-	11	9	4	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.6 SE	0.3 N	0.8 NNE	0.9 NW	1.5 N	1.3 N	0.4 ESE	2.4 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	-	0.4 SE	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	-	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	2	4	4	6	7	5	10	3	5	-	2	5	-	4	7	9	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 02			Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 E	1.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 NE	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 E	1.3 N	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	4	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	5	5	7	8	4	7	9	9	6	9	9
Energy(?)	223	44	53	280	106	268	255	172	86	126	47	54	85	43	47	5	304	57	60	73	40	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:06PM 0.82				4:47AM 1.20				5:15PM 1.16				6:24AM 1.04				6:45PM 0.83				6:32AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				10:25PM 0.03				11:08AM 0.01				11:57PM -0.04								12:09AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	5	3	7	1	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	19	17	16	15	19	17	16	17	14	16	19	8	10	12	17	14	14	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	5	19	17	16	15	18	16	15	16	13	15	19	5	7	10	17	13	14	15	13	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 E	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 NE	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	4	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	5	5	7	8	-	7	9	9	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	10	8	10	10	-	-	-	-	5	10	9	12	9	9	-	8	5	8	9	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	1.6 SE	0.3 NW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.9 SW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.4 E	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	6	2	-	4	3	2	-	3	5	5	4	4	4	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 02										Monday 03
	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	1st street Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	-	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	10	9	4	4	5	10	8	6	8	9	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	268	30	61	45	58	29	29	71	105	36	64	26	50	556	266	0	319	189	189	263	106	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:21PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)										10:44PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	12	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	17	18	17	19	20	20	20	17	15	15	20	5	20	18	9	18	16	15	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	5	16	17	16	19	20	20	20	17	14	14	20	2	20	18	6	18	15	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	-	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	9	10	9	-	-	-	4	10	6	4	9	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.8 SE	-	0.4 NNE	1.4 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.3 N	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	-	-	2	7	-	3	6	3	3	5	2	5

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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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