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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 NNE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s)	6	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	5
Energy	62	268	136	113	189	130	121	148	180	144	128	94	84	76	63	329	131	54	201	175	140	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 1.48		7:18PM 1.05	7:06AM 1.55		7:22PM 1.82	8:09AM 1.60		8:10PM 1.90	8:53AM 1.66		9:01PM 1.91	9:45AM 1.68		9:53PM 1.88	10:39AM 1.67		10:45PM 1.81	11:33AM 1.65		11:39PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	12:08AM 0.23		12:11PM 0.34	12:26AM 0.73		1:13PM 0.31	1:54AM 0.03		2:13PM 0.27		3:01AM -0.02	3:12PM 0.25		3:55AM -0.05	4:09PM 0.24		4:48AM -0.04	5:03PM -0.24		5:40AM -0.01		6:02PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
High °C	13	17	17	9	9	9	8	12	13	12	13	15	14	20	22	18	20	16	16	15	14	15
Low °C	12	15	13	7	8	9	8	9	11	9	13	14	13	17	18	15	17	16	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	17	16	9	6	7	5	11	12	11	12	15	14	20	22	18	20	16	16	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 NNE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	8	8	4	8	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	16	6	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	-	1.0 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	-	7	4	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	5

	Thu		Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay 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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	5	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6
Energy	46	51	62	231	208	268	189	136	204	268	113	100	183	189	142	130	58	117	121	126	132	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:33PM 1.69					6:11AM 1.48				6:26PM 1.78				7:06AM 1.55				7:18PM 1.85				8:09AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				12:18AM 0.23				12:11PM 0.34				12:26AM 0.73				1:13PM 0.31				2:05AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	12	14	13	15	17	17	13	10	7	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	14	13	15	17	16	12	8	7	9	5	6	5	7	7	5	5	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6

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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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Martinique Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	68	46	46	51	47	51	150	74	62	78	104	231	201	201	208	244	250	268	256	218	189	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:33PM 1.69													6:11AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)										12:08AM 0.23												12:11PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	17	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	18	16	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	4	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	8	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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
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