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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	1.7 E	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	6	8
Energy(?)	4	711	91	1464	683	944	589	213	69	61	37	19	7	12	216	932	2350	672	282	263	123	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:56AM 1.10		3:39PM 1.37		5:23AM 1.06	3:18PM 1.26	4:13AM 1.07	5:54AM 0.81			7:26AM 1.13		7:11PM 1.59	6:55AM 1.55		7:26PM 1.61	8:01AM 1.62		8:04PM 1.67	8:44AM 1.63		8:40PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56AM 0.10		9:47PM 0.54	9:34AM 1.02		10:10PM 0.12		12:16PM 0.05	12:15AM 0.22		12:22PM 0.87	1:24AM 0.37		1:34PM 0.22	2:02AM 0.27		2:18PM 0.20	2:46AM 0.21		2:42PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	light snow	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	12	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	18	4	5	3	3	-2	-6	7	-9	4	6	11	13	10	7	4	5	18	18	1	18
Low °C	-8	18	1	3	2	2	-10	-10	6	-10	4	5	7	12	9	6	3	5	17	17	1	17
Chill °C (?)	-12	17	-1	0	-1	-2	-8	-10	3	-16	1	2	8	10	6	2	-1	0	18	18	-4	18
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.6 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	2.1 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.1 S	1.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	-	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 NW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	7	13	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.7 E	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.8 N	0.6 N	-	-	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.5 NW	-	-	1.4 E	-
Period (s)	4	8	5	9	-	3	3	3	5	6	-	-	4	4	7	9	9	4	-	-	6	-

	Wed		Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	5PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	3	4	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	2.2 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	70	54	514	147	67	65	20	632	538	1024	362	287	1430	683	874	944	501	752	589	249	380	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	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)				2:27AM 1.52	3:52AM 1.07				4:02PM 0.67				3:45AM 1.46				5:03PM 1.39				5:07AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 0.13				8:20AM 0.98	8:56AM 0.10				9:41PM 0.18				10:35AM 0.33				11:05PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	0	0	-8	-5	15	19	19	5	4	3	6	3	2	3	2	-2	-5	-6	-10	-10
Chill °C (?)	4	5	-4	0	-13	-10	13	19	19	0	-1	-1	3	-1	-3	-2	-3	-8	-12	-12	-17	-17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	7	7	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	11	10	8	9	9	6	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	1.7 SW	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	2.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	3	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	3	3	8	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	3	4	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	6	6	6
Energy(?)	73	95	293	293	11	11	54	740	738	4	17	17	55	86	86	90	54	69	69	255	257	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						8:27PM 0.14													9:23AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	3	3
High °C	6	6	4	4	-3	-5	9	17	17	-6	-7	-7	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	4	4	5
Chill °C (?)	3	2	-1	-1	-10	-12	6	16	16	-14	-14	-13	-2	-2	-4	-4	-2	-3	-3	-2	-2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	14	14	8	8	-	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	-	8	7	7	4	4	3	9	9	4	4	5	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	6	6	6

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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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