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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	13	12	12	7	8	10	7	10	9	10
Energy(?)	284	189	124	60	78	58	51	66	121	54	69	86	386	376	365	167	783	89	135	167	259	268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 0.90		5:39AM 1.05	6:02PM 1.21		6:20AM 1.10	6:51PM 1.21		7:06AM 1.16	7:18PM 1.21		7:46AM 1.19		8:06PM 1.17	8:30AM 1.26		8:34PM 1.16	9:01AM 1.21		9:12PM 1.11	10:27AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 0.15		11:36PM 0.18	11:40AM 0.29		12:30AM 0.25	12:26PM 0.07		2:01AM 0.09	1:14PM 0.05		1:45AM -0.02	1:58PM 0.04	2:08PM 0.23	2:19AM 0.17		2:40PM 0.04	2:58AM 0.01		3:20PM 0.05	3:31AM 0.05	4:16AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	23	23	21	23	27	14	16	13	28	29	28	23	25	16	23	21	18	22
Low °C	19	19	19	18	22	22	17	21	27	10	15	11	28	28	27	20	25	15	22	20	16	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	23	23	21	23	27	13	15	12	28	29	28	23	25	15	23	21	18	22
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.5 E	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	12	8	10	7	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 NNE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.7 SE	0.3 S	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	5	-	7	6	8	7	7	15	7	7	7	-	11	3	10	6	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	-	-	-	7	8	-	7	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Virginia Beach Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	385	43	122	137	137	115	189	115	45	124	120	96	77	68	64	101	73	58	45	48	47	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:35AM 1.03				4:49PM 1.15	5:08PM 1.21				5:28AM 1.03				6:02PM 1.21				6:20AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45PM 0.22	11:37PM 0.16			10:37AM 0.32					11:33PM 0.06				11:40AM 0.29				12:20AM 0.02				1:30PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	17	18	20	19	19	21	20	19	20	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	25	23
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	16	17	20	19	19	21	20	19	20	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.5 N	0.1 E	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	9	7	5	9	9	5	5	5	5	-	4	14	9	-	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	3	3	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	2	3	3	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Virginia Beach Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	516	39	192	216	211	192	1371	149	37	417	423	381	332	137	137	137	234	233	198	189	189	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					4:49PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41PM 0.23												10:37AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	16	17	17	17	20	17	16	19	19	19	19	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	14	16	16	16	20	16	15	18	19	19	19	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	10	-	5	5	-	-	-	10	-	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 E	0.8 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	4	4	8	4	3	6	-	-	-	3	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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