Nova-Scotia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Nova-Scotia 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 Nova-Scotia region.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Nova-Scotia Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Nova-Scotia Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Nova-Scotia Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Nova-Scotia Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Nova-Scotia Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Nova-Scotia Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Nova-Scotia Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Nova-Scotia Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Nova-Scotia Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Nova-Scotia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon		Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat		Sun				Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Backyards Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.9 SE	0.6 E	1.6 NW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 NE	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	10	8	6	7	6	8	9	6	7
Energy(?)	48	298	173	234	232	494	199	107	106	167	139	119	72	163	67	195	415	284	187	154	132	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 1.75	7:04AM 1.21	8:12PM 1.71	8:25AM 1.70	9:22AM 0.66		8:28PM 1.15	8:27AM 1.13		8:55PM 1.07	9:10AM 0.93		10:24AM 1.53	9:50AM 0.98	11:29PM 0.80	11:05AM 1.44		11:18PM 1.54	11:50AM 1.35		1:06AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	1:56AM 0.23			2:50AM 0.18			2:06PM -0.20	2:39AM -0.09		2:33PM -0.11	3:11AM -0.08		3:07PM -0.07				5:27AM 0.31	5:31PM 0.45		6:07AM 0.39	6:08PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	10	9	15	14	3	6	3	0	18	21	18	18	21	18	1	8	14	18	21	17	18
Low °C	13	6	8	13	12	2	6	-1	0	17	21	17	17	19	18	1	4	13	17	21	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	8	8	14	12	-1	5	1	-2	18	21	18	18	21	18	-6	5	13	18	21	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	6:13	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	5:59	-	6:04	5:44	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	5:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 NE	-	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	9	10	10	-	-	6	8	-	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	-	0.7 SE	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	15	-	9	13	13	13	12	12	10	-	9	8	-	8	-	-	9	8	-	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	1.6 NW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	6	7	6	-	9	6	7

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	5PM	8PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SE	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 SE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SE	1.8 E	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 NNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	7
Energy(?)	52	52	134	49	45	240	430	229	180	282	305	347	250	240	247	709	494	524	512	408	297	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 1.67					7:15AM 1.09				7:36PM 1.07				7:46AM 1.18				8:49PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					2:06AM 0.22				1:34PM -0.16				1:37AM -0.16				3:07PM 0.11				3:31AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-9	-11	1	-8	-8	11	11	11	10	17	16	16	18	1	12	19	2	2	3	2	-3	-8
Chill °C (?)	-16	-17	-4	-14	-13	9	9	11	9	17	16	15	18	-2	11	19	-2	-2	0	2	-7	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 SE	0.9 S	1.3 SE	1.8 E	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 N
Period (s)	8	7	9	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 E	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.9 NNE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	15	9	7	8	8	-	14	7	7	7	-	10	13	7	13	-	12	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.1 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	2	3	6	4	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Monday 02										Tuesday 03
	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.9 E	2.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	8	8	9	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	6	7	8	8	8	4	4	8
Energy(?)	69	65	152	67	66	67	286	181	134	241	298	298	182	45	88	569	60	58	57	76	75	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)																		7:43AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-9	0	-10	-11	8	5	3	1	9	7	7	11	-8	4	16	-8	-7	-7	-5	-5	-7
Chill °C (?)	-17	-16	-6	-18	-18	4	0	-1	-4	5	3	3	8	-13	1	14	-14	-13	-14	-12	-12	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	8	10	8	8	9	15	15	9	9	15	15	8	9	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	15	-	15	15	-	7	15	-	7	7	7	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 NE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 W	0.9 E	2.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	2	2	6	3	3	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	4	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Alabama	Maryland	Pennsylvania
Cayman Islands	Massachusetts	Rhode-Island
Delaware	Mexico	South-Carolina
Florida	Minnesota	Texas
Georgia-USA	New-Jersey	The Bahamas
Jamaica	New-York	Turks and Caicos Islands
Louisiana	North-Carolina	Virginia

Bermuda	Lake Ontario Canada	New Jersey
Cape Breton Island	Lake Ontario United States	North Carolina
Delaware	Lake Superior Canada	Nova Scotia
Georgia	Long Island New York	Rhode Island
Lake Erie Canada	Maine	South Carolina
Lake Erie United States	Maryland	Virginia
Lake Huron Canada	Massachusetts
Lake Huron United States	New Hampshire

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