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

	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	13	13	7	6	6	9
Energy	739	499	427	361	161	83	98	126	135	153	179	303	398	123	65	73	11	13	44	21	24	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:08AM 1.68		9:18PM 1.93	9:59AM 1.68		10:07PM 1.89	10:51AM 1.65		10:59PM 1.82	11:47AM 1.60		11:54PM 1.71		1:10PM 1.55	12:53AM 1.60		1:52PM 1.51			2:58PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16AM -0.03	3:25PM 0.22		4:08AM -0.05	4:11PM 0.21		5:01AM -0.03	5:16PM 0.28		5:55AM 0.02		6:14PM 0.33	6:50AM 0.09		7:14PM 0.39	7:47AM 0.17		8:00PM 0.04	8:45AM 0.24		9:23PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	21	17	14	18	16	13	17	15	22	22	17	13	15	13	12	15	8	16	17	14
Low °C	8	8	17	9	10	17	10	12	15	11	17	18	11	10	15	7	9	14	6	13	16	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	21	16	13	18	16	11	16	14	22	22	16	11	14	12	10	14	4	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 E	-	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.6 N	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	10	7	6	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	10	13	16	12	16	12	15	15	9	9	9	10	13	10	10	19	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	-	2	-	-	7	6	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	2	7	4	-	6	3

	Sat		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Moose Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.7 SE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 SE	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	487	114	739	608	578	499	45	427	751	673	361	259	128	161	133	83	101	243	98	136	151	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)											9:18PM 1.93				9:59AM 1.68				10:07PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					3:16AM -0.03				3:27PM 0.22				4:06AM -0.06				4:19PM 0.24				5:01AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	10	8	8	8	15	17	22	18	13	11	9	10	14	17	16	16	14	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	16	12	7	5	5	5	14	16	22	18	12	10	7	8	13	17	15	16	14	11	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.7 SE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.6 SE	-	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	18	10	10	9	13	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	9	9	9	8	3	8	8	8	-	3	2	2	3	-	4	7	-	7	7	7

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Osbourne Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 SE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.6 SE	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	541	571	487	135	128	114	109	720	739	659	674	608	608	578	578	45	528	499	548	538	45	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							9:27PM 1.25												9:08AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)													3:16AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	15	14	14	14	11	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	14	8	8	9	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	14	13	12	12	8	7	6	4	5	3	5	5	12	5	5	6	7	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.5 WSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	4	6	3	4	3	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	8	8	8	8	3	8

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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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