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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	Mon		Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.2 E	0.7 S	1.3 ESE	2.5 NE	2.1 NNE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.6 E	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	16	15	14	13	12	8	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	10	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1023	714	2009	2968	779	1164	1063	1030	985	448	428	342	446	2141	1200	1692	1235	1219	127	228	236	189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:23AM 1.28		2:22PM 1.37	2:41AM 1.02		4:09PM 0.80	4:29AM 0.62		4:04PM 1.26	4:29AM 1.23	5:25AM 0.69	5:55PM 0.87		5:32AM 1.60		6:47PM 1.56	7:18AM 1.66		7:36PM 1.65	8:00AM 1.79	7:50PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 0.50		7:24AM 0.38		9:01PM 0.45	10:01AM 0.23		11:00PM 0.25	9:16AM 0.24		10:44PM 0.40	11:40AM 0.13		11:25PM 0.27	11:36AM 0.17	12:41PM 0.37	1:01AM 0.21		1:25PM 0.14	1:45AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	26	21	20	22	14	12	14	9	13	15	13	15	21	26	27	27	28	28	21	24	24	23
Low °C	25	21	20	21	9	10	12	8	10	15	10	9	21	26	27	27	27	28	20	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	26	21	20	22	13	10	12	6	11	14	12	14	21	26	27	27	28	28	21	24	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	2.5 NE	2.1 NNE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.6 E	-	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	6	16	16	15	14	13	15	14	13	7	8	8	11	12	12	12	11	12	10	-	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	-	1.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 E	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	12	-	10	12	16	12	15	7	12	11	12	-	12	10	11	11	10	13	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	-	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	-	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 NNE	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	5	-	4	4	5	4	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	7	-

	Monday 29					Tuesday 30								Wednesday 01							Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Columbia St Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	2.4 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	13	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	322	504	389	1020	1090	1936	2035	2292	1038	3168	1833	3561	2237	1265	2552	1164	1218	1063	685	1047	1030	1215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:20PM 1.52					2:19AM 0.56				2:20PM 1.32				2:30AM 1.30				3:40PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)				7:58PM 0.47									10:04PM 0.28				9:38AM 0.69				10:28PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	8	5	4	1	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	22	23	22	22	24	23	22	20	22	21	21	21	20	20	10	12	14	11	9	8	27
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	22	22	24	23	22	20	22	21	21	21	20	20	8	10	12	9	6	4	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	12	14	6	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	15	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SE	1.1 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	1.5 N
Period (s)	15	7	13	7	-	-	7	7	-	10	-	9	9	9	9	16	15	12	10	5	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	-	1.7 NE	0.8 NNE	2.2 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	2.4 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NE	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	5	4	6	7	7	7	7	-	6	4	7	4	4	11	4	4	4	4	4	5	11

	Monday 29															Tuesday 30
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North-Carolina	Columbia St Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	15	15	13
Energy(?)	243	197	248	332	742	771	646	872	222	533	481	1186	1189	960	1183	409	460	359	154	395	394	1227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							2:04PM 0.77											2:37AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	22	22	26	25	25	21	25	22	24	24	23	22	16	14	13	14	13	13	28
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	22	22	26	25	25	21	25	22	24	24	23	22	15	13	12	13	12	12	28
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	14	14	14	14	12	6	16	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	6	15	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	18	16	6	17	6	16	6	-	-	7	7	16	15	15	13	6	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 NE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	2.3 W
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	3	-	4	6	7	4	5	6	6	-	3	-	-	7

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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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