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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef 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	Moose Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.6 N	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	132	147	483	61	95	163	91	51	10	74	68	90	122	233	256	219	239	190	159	142	250	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:52PM 1.45		3:06AM 1.35	3:46PM 1.51		3:55AM 1.31	4:40PM 1.60		5:13AM 1.41	5:33PM 1.69		6:11AM 1.48		6:26PM 1.78	7:06AM 1.55		7:18PM 1.85	8:00AM 1.61		8:10PM 1.90	8:03AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			8:48PM 0.43	9:19AM 0.39		10:08PM 0.43	10:20AM 0.34		11:08PM 0.33	11:11AM 0.37		12:04AM 0.22		12:11PM 0.34	1:08AM 0.13		1:13PM 0.31	2:05AM 0.04		2:13PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	11	17	17	18	23	18	14	15	14	12	18	13	9	10	10	11	12	15	13	15
Low °C	9	15	8	14	15	14	19	14	12	14	13	12	16	11	6	8	9	9	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	9	16	16	18	23	18	13	14	13	11	18	11	7	8	8	10	11	14	12	14
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	6	8	7	6	5	6	6	6	10	-	6	6	7	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.9 NNE	1.6 N	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	4	4	7	2	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	6	6	7	-	-	6	-

	Monday 08						Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards 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	Cherry Hill Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	1.6 N	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	146	132	127	147	130	121	483	70	62	61	91	95	66	84	163	218	68	91	50	51	57	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:52PM 1.45					3:06AM 1.35				3:46PM 1.51				4:11AM 1.37				4:40PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		8:30AM 0.39									9:19AM 0.39				10:08PM 0.43				10:13AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	7	9	10	16	15	11	8	10	11	14	17	17	15	20	17	14	15	19	19	18	14	16
Chill °C (?)	3	5	7	14	13	9	6	9	10	13	16	16	14	20	17	14	15	19	19	18	14	16
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	1.4 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	5	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	6	-	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	9	5	8	8	6	-	8	6	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 N	1.6 N	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	-	0.9 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	3	4	4	4	7	-	-	2	7	7	5	6	6	6	-	6	-	6	6	6

	Monday 08	Tue
	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	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point 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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.8 NNE	1.6 N	1.6 N
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy	171	171	146	146	79	132	132	134	127	209	147	147	130	130	130	113	120	121	121	644	483	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												2:52PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)						8:30AM 0.39													9:09PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	6	6	9	11	13	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	11	10	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	4	3	3	2	2	5	8	10	7	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	9	8	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 NNE	0.4 N	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	1.8 NNE	1.6 N	1.6 N
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	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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