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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Backyards Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	0	3	2	0	1	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 NE	2.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	3.5 SE
Period(s)	15	15	14	5	13	14	13	13	13	8	8	-	8	9	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	128	79	280	115	408	773	721	791	336	550	85	0	278	229	74	308	471	580	667	609	543	1800
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:32PM 1.00		3:08AM 1.13	4:32PM 1.45		4:28AM 1.11	5:30PM 1.20		5:42AM 1.43		6:15PM 1.55	6:33AM 1.45	6:16PM 1.19	6:55PM 1.60	7:17AM 1.48		8:20PM 0.91	8:42AM 0.77		8:07PM 1.67	9:20AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)	8:30AM 0.11		9:48PM 0.43	10:15AM 0.11		10:51PM 0.39	11:12AM 0.12		11:57PM 0.42		12:14PM 0.32	12:52AM 0.35			1:39AM 0.28		1:47PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.00		2:38PM 0.03	3:00AM 0.20	3:24AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	2
High °C	3	5	1	12	6	18	18	19	20	9	19	14	9	15	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10
Low °C	0	4	-1	12	5	18	18	19	19	8	18	12	8	14	4	4	5	6	7	8	6	7
Chill °C (?)	1	4	-4	9	2	18	18	19	20	5	19	12	7	14	1	1	5	6	5	7	7	9
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 S	1.1 E	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	15	15	14	7	13	9	10	13	10	6	5	-	8	9	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.1 NE	0.6 W	0.7 NE	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	-	7	7	13	7	13	-	13	-	-	6	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	1.4 ESE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.4 SE	2.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	3	-	-	-	3	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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	11PM	2AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 E	1.5 NE
Period(s)	6	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	11	12	12	14	14	13	10	13
Energy	50	34	51	128	52	306	309	310	280	252	301	399	350	151	286	262	216	761	794	721	125	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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)		1:45AM 1.12					3:04PM 1.08				3:31AM 1.44				4:32PM 1.45				5:30AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)					9:08AM 0.28				9:41PM 0.51				10:14AM 0.31				10:52PM 0.48				11:17AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	-1	0	2	2	1	0	-1	-1	1	3	3	13	6	4	4	18	18	18	8	19
Chill °C (?)	17	14	-4	-4	1	-2	-4	-5	-6	-6	-4	-2	-2	10	2	0	0	18	18	18	5	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 S	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 E	1.5 NE
Period (s)	6	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	11	12	12	8	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 W
Period (s)	6	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	18	13	7	7	14	14	13	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.5 ESE	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	8	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	3	3	-	-	-	2	-

	Thu		Friday 24
	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.5 E	2.3 W
Period(s)	7	9	7	7	7	15	15	15	7	7	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	8	8	7	15	7
Energy	46	47	10	10	10	22	47	51	8	7	24	23	23	22	52	52	79	564	589	554	123	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			3:52PM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)													9:08AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	-1	-1	1	-1	-1	-1	1	1	1	1	2	17	2	3	4	20	20	20	4	20
Chill °C (?)	18	13	-1	-1	-1	-3	-4	-4	-1	1	1	0	1	17	1	2	3	19	19	19	0	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.5 E	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	7	9	7	7	7	15	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	4	15	15	15	9	9	9	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	9	3	3	2	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	2.3 W
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	-	7

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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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