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.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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Rating	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 N	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	6	5	5	6	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8
Energy	84	51	47	59	267	190	206	195	167	132	127	117	104	87	65	97	77	81	101	61	87	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:13AM 1.41	5:33PM 1.69		6:14AM 1.47		7:18PM 1.05	7:06AM 1.55		7:18PM 1.85	8:00AM 1.61		8:10PM 1.90	8:53AM 1.66		9:01PM 1.91	9:45AM 1.68		10:13PM 1.93	11:01AM 1.66		10:45PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08PM 0.33	11:11AM 0.37		12:08AM 0.23		12:11PM 0.34	12:26AM 0.73		1:13PM 0.31	2:05AM 0.04		2:13PM 0.27		3:01AM -0.02	3:12PM 0.25		3:55AM -0.05	4:09PM 0.24		4:45AM -0.05	5:06PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	18	13	18	17	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	13	15	14	19	19	18	19	15	11
Low °C	11	14	16	12	14	14	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	12	14	12	16	17	14	17	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	16	18	12	18	16	9	8	7	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	19	19	18	19	14	10
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 N	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	8	6	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	6	6	8	8	5	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	-	7	5	5	-	-	2	4	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.8 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8
Energy	39	72	84	64	49	51	41	47	41	63	59	168	233	267	228	190	238	202	206	136	196	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:40PM 1.60				5:13AM 1.41				5:33PM 1.69					6:14AM 1.47				7:18PM 1.05				7:06AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			11:08PM 0.33				11:11AM 0.37					12:08AM 0.23				12:11PM 0.34				12:26AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	12	12	11	14	17	18	16	12	12	12	12	14	18	17	14	8	8	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	13	10	11	11	10	13	16	18	15	12	12	12	12	14	18	16	13	8	8	9	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.8 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	7	-	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	5

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	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	5
Energy	39	39	39	52	56	72	70	68	84	84	49	64	62	59	49	54	52	51	49	42	41	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 1.60													5:13AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)									11:08PM 0.33												11:11AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	14	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	12	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	6	-	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5

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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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