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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	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
Rating	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	6	18	17	16	16	5	6	8	7	8	8	8
Energy	565	153	66	78	50	38	29	41	6	4	6	15	20	18	18	48	202	221	176	210	216	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:54PM 1.71		1:10PM 1.55	12:53AM 1.60		1:52PM 1.51	1:59AM 1.49	3:13AM 1.15	2:58PM 1.49		3:08AM 1.41	3:59PM 1.49		4:14AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.51		5:13AM 1.36	5:38PM 1.54		6:04AM 1.37		6:19PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 0.09		7:14PM 0.39	7:35AM 0.19		8:17PM 0.43	8:11AM 0.86		9:23PM 0.45	9:44AM 0.31		10:27PM 0.44	10:42AM 0.36		11:28PM 0.41	11:36AM 0.40		12:23AM 0.36		12:27PM 0.43	1:11AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	12	14	12	12	15	13	9	10	8	13	14	12	10	10	8	9	11	7	14	15	12
Low °C	10	9	13	8	10	14	10	8	9	8	9	13	9	10	9	8	8	10	7	9	14	7
Chill °C (?)	20	10	12	11	10	14	12	6	7	6	13	13	11	8	8	4	7	9	4	12	14	10
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.5 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	4	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	6	3	9	9	17	16	16	16	15	8	15	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.6 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	3	-	-	-	3	2	2	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	5	-	-	3	3	3	3

	Wed		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point 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	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 NNW	0.6 N
Period(s)	9	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	8	7
Energy	16	63	565	203	176	153	66	66	51	96	78	59	49	50	43	38	29	29	29	12	70	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	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	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:54PM 1.71					1:10PM 1.55				1:07AM 1.59				1:52PM 1.51				1:59AM 1.49	3:13AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM -0.16				6:51AM 0.09				7:14PM 0.39				7:35AM 0.19				8:17PM 0.43				8:11AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	20	14	10	9	12	14	13	12	9	9	8	10	12	14	15	13	11	10	5	8
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	12	8	6	10	12	11	11	8	9	6	8	10	12	14	12	10	10	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 NNW	0.6 N
Period (s)	9	4	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	2.0 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.3 NW
Period (s)	8	5	7	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	2	-	4	2

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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
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point 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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SE	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	9	7	9	5	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	296	319	16	345	16	63	15	616	565	668	217	203	184	184	176	176	149	153	153	66	66	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									11:54PM 1.71	12:07AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				6:14PM 0.33												6:51AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	20	17	15	14	13	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	20	16	14	12	11	9	8	6	6	6	8	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	4	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	9	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-

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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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