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

	Thu		Fri				Sat		Sunday 08			Mon				Tuesday 10			Wed		Thu
	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Backyards Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 SE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 E	1.5 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	9	10	8	9	8	9	9	7	9	8	9	6	6	7	8	5	7	6	7	8
Energy(?)	320	93	134	159	629	373	169	168	470	513	178	71	75	67	80	165	67	117	81	245	352	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:29PM 1.45	10:31AM 0.77		10:51PM 0.84	10:31AM 1.34		11:34PM 1.20	10:58AM 1.33	10:28AM 0.80		10:55PM 0.94		3:28PM 2.21	11:36PM 0.90		4:15PM 2.29	12:32AM 0.94		1:01PM 0.76	1:26AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)		3:57AM 0.09		4:35PM -0.04			4:58PM 0.27		5:01AM 0.70	4:39AM 0.10	4:36PM 0.09		6:29PM 0.08			10:22AM 0.31			7:08AM 0.23		7:02PM 0.26	8:18AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-11	-12	17	23	0	1	12	18	7	7	6	5	19	17	19	13	18	2	-3	2	1	-1
Low °C	-12	-14	17	19	-1	0	11	14	7	7	3	2	19	15	17	9	17	0	-4	-1	0	-1
Chill °C (?)	-20	-20	17	23	-4	0	10	17	3	4	4	2	19	17	19	11	18	-3	-10	2	-4	-7
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	6:43	-	-	6:26	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:59	-	6:09	-	-	-	6:00	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 S	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	8	9	6	6	7	7	-	7	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.9 SE	0.3 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.5 E	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	8	9	-	-	-	9	10	-	20	9	6	7	9	9	8	8	-	7	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.5 SSE	-	1.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	-	3	-	-	5	4	7	7	-	3	4	-	-	3	-	5	-	6	7	8

	Thursday 05					Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	2.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	9	9	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	159	81	210	208	208	93	238	85	72	130	140	136	84	617	125	505	262	173	168	176	203	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	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-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:27AM 1.13				10:13PM 0.86				10:05AM 1.33				10:51PM 0.84									10:16PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)			4:00PM -0.07				3:58AM 0.47				3:18PM -0.07				3:56AM 0.01		7:40AM 0.01		3:57PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	-10	18	18	18	-13	-14	-12	-9	23	24	21	18	0	19	1	2	12	14	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	10	-18	18	18	18	-20	-21	-17	-9	23	24	21	18	-2	19	-3	-2	10	12	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.3 SE	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	6	-	-	9	-	7	-	-	9	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	3	5	3	-	-	3	-	-	5	4	4	5	6

	Thursday 05																Friday 06
	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	7	10	7	7	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	164	245	193	196	193	511	432	377	320	184	202	206	208	347	169	348	265	113	110	110	110	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:06AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)								3:38PM 0.34													3:11AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	-11	18	18	18	-12	-11	-11	-11	21	21	20	18	-1	20	-1	0	17	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	-20	18	18	18	-22	-21	-20	-20	21	21	20	18	-7	20	-8	-6	16	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	12	10	12	12	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	1.9 ENE	0.8 S	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	3	4	4	-	7	4	7	7	5	5	5	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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