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

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Summerville Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 N	1.3 N	0.7 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.1 S
Period(s)	9	8	8	9	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	5	5	7	10	10	11	11	11
Energy	440	384	261	101	78	241	218	430	244	200	123	57	84	102	80	58	38	220	332	875	1148	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:01PM 1.09	8:52AM 1.46		9:13PM 1.65	9:32AM 1.46		9:33PM 1.63	10:42AM 1.48		10:13PM 1.61	10:54AM 1.43		10:53PM 1.57	11:31AM 1.35		11:52PM 1.53		12:22PM 1.39	12:30AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 0.32	2:40AM 0.88	3:14AM 0.25	2:58PM 0.46		3:53AM 0.25	3:43PM 0.31		4:19AM 0.15	4:34PM 0.52		5:09AM 0.28	5:02PM 0.52		5:02AM 0.25	5:53PM 0.57		6:25AM 0.34		6:27PM 0.86	7:07AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	9	6	5	7	7	8	10	12	9	13	13	12	21	23	19	21	20	17	17	19	16	20
Low °C	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	10	6	9	12	10	16	22	14	17	18	13	15	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	7	3	2	4	4	7	9	12	9	12	11	11	21	23	19	21	20	16	16	19	16	20
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.3 N	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	6	8	8	7	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	9	8	9	10	13	7	7	8	6	8	8	7	10	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	-	0.7 E	1.2 E	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	4	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	6	8	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30						Sunday 31								Monday 01
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 N	1.1 E	1.2 NNE	1.3 N	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	5	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	9
Energy	512	440	306	384	185	270	261	90	89	101	81	78	131	396	241	200	209	218	459	430	365	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:36AM 1.41				8:19PM 1.27	10:01PM 1.09			8:52AM 1.46	9:21AM 1.56			8:54PM 1.64	9:13PM 1.65				9:41AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				2:24PM 0.32					3:14AM 0.25			2:58PM 0.46	3:16PM 0.43				3:53AM 0.25				3:30PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	7	8	5	7	5	5	4	4	6	7	7	8	6	7	5	4	7	9	12	8	9
Chill °C (?)	2	4	5	1	4	2	3	1	0	3	4	4	7	6	5	3	2	5	8	12	8	9
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 N	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	5	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	7	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	11	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	1.2 N	0.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	-	1.2 E	-	1.6 E	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	8	3	7	-	4	4	4	-	5	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 30																				Sun
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 E	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 N	1.2 N
Period(s)	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	578	507	512	546	417	440	389	306	306	318	276	384	323	320	185	285	279	270	267	243	261	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						8:36AM 1.41												8:19PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)												2:24PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	5
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 N	1.2 N
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.3 NNE	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	3	8	7	7	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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