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

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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 Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove 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	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	5	6	7	7	8	7	8	6	6	7	8	6	6	8	9	8	8	8	7	4	7	6
Energy	149	188	239	181	147	87	46	94	48	51	42	90	46	19	24	36	74	137	104	47	82	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:59PM 1.40	2:04AM 1.37		2:52PM 1.45		3:06AM 1.35	3:13PM 1.19		3:33AM 0.97	4:40PM 1.60		5:13AM 1.41	5:33PM 1.69		6:11AM 1.48		6:26PM 1.78	7:06AM 1.55		7:18PM 1.85	8:16AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			8:14PM 0.56	8:08AM 0.35		9:09PM 0.50	9:19AM 0.39		9:37PM 0.51	10:02AM 0.25		11:15PM 0.33	11:11AM 0.37		12:08AM 0.23		12:11PM 0.34	1:08AM 0.13		1:32PM 0.09	2:05AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	9	13	10	21	15	15	19	23	18	18	15	11	11	12	9	13	21	15	22
Low °C	12	13	7	8	12	8	15	13	12	17	16	14	16	14	8	9	11	8	10	19	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	6	10	7	21	15	14	19	23	18	18	14	10	9	11	7	11	21	14	22
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	7	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 N	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	-	6	-	8	7	7	9	4	7	6	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.3 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	2	4	4	4	6	4	-	5	6	2	4	4	3	2	-	-	4	-	3

	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 SE	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6
Energy	117	90	85	149	187	188	194	514	239	197	203	181	155	147	129	114	87	70	63	46	65	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:08AM 1.41				1:59PM 1.40				1:33AM 1.04				2:52PM 1.45					3:06AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				7:46AM 0.38				8:14PM 0.56				8:08AM 0.35					9:09PM 0.50				9:07AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	11	12	13	13	15	11	9	8	8	8	9	13	12	10	8	9	10	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	7	8	9	10	11	11	14	9	6	7	5	4	6	10	9	7	5	7	9	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 SE	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	-	1.2 SE	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N
Period (s)	7	4	5	5	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	2	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	6

	Sat	Sunday 07
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	124	117	117	125	92	90	90	86	85	95	133	149	149	271	187	187	188	188	190	190	194	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					1:08AM 1.41												1:59PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)											7:46AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6

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Cayman Islands	Massachusetts	Rhode-Island
Delaware	Mexico	South-Carolina
Florida	Minnesota	Texas
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Jamaica	New-York	Turks and Caicos Islands
Louisiana	North-Carolina	Virginia

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Cape Breton Island	Lake Ontario United States	North Carolina
Delaware	Lake Superior Canada	Nova Scotia
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