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

	Tuesday 03			Wed		Thu				Friday 06			Sat		Sunday 08			Mon				Tue
	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Virginia Beach Virginia	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	1.3 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	0.8 SE	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	9	9	7	9	9	5	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	442	256	185	501	480	355	156	163	113	109	113	263	48	369	614	221	110	57	160	86	95	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 1.07	7:46AM 1.18		8:15PM 1.08	8:27AM 0.93		8:54PM 1.16	9:06AM 0.86	10:24PM 1.69	10:24AM 1.53		10:40PM 1.35	11:05AM 1.44		11:18PM 1.54	12:26PM 0.64		12:55AM 0.73	1:12PM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		1:32PM -0.21	1:48AM -0.21		2:03PM -0.20	2:29AM -0.15		2:50PM -0.10	3:11AM -0.06		4:41AM 0.24		4:56PM 0.35	4:49AM 0.22	5:27AM 0.31	5:31PM 0.45		6:37AM 0.12	6:29PM 0.08		7:26AM 0.16	7:14PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	13	1	2	17	-7	17	20	-6	26	14	17	8	7	7	1	4	18	15	21	12
Low °C	10	13	12	1	1	17	-10	17	16	-6	25	8	17	5	6	6	-4	2	18	14	20	9
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	-6	-1	17	-15	17	20	-13	26	14	17	4	4	4	-4	-1	18	14	21	10
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:59	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	6:01	-	6:21	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:22	6:00	-	6:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 SW	-	0.6 S	0.5 E	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	13	-	12	10	-	10	-	6	-	6	8	-	8	7	9	6	8	10	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	0.5 W	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	1.2 S	1.2 E	0.5 S	1.1 E	-	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 S	0.8 SE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	-	-	7	-	5	5	6	10	-	6	8	-	3	3	-	5	9	6

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Virginia Beach Virginia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	229	371	256	148	107	293	297	237	207	215	434	627	592	528	345	283	225	533	453	245	235	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:26AM 1.11				7:26PM 1.42				7:46AM 1.18				8:49PM 1.73				9:05AM 1.66				10:13PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)			1:32PM -0.21				1:37AM -0.16				2:59PM 0.12				3:31AM 0.17				4:00PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	11	13	10	6	17	19	12	11	18	4	1	2	0	1	-3	-3	17	18	17	17	-11
Chill °C (?)	5	10	13	8	4	17	19	10	10	18	1	-3	-1	-4	-2	-8	-8	17	18	17	17	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 N
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	8	9	14	7	7	7	13	13	6	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	6	6	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 03															Wednesday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Virginia Beach Virginia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	5	8	7	7	7	8	5	9	9	9	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	227	442	442	164	61	371	157	147	147	152	89	15	20	21	162	149	127	942	942	214	214	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:26AM 1.11												8:12PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)							1:21PM -0.14													3:05AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	10	10	8	4	11	13	9	9	15	-3	-3	-2	-3	-2	-2	-1	17	17	17	17	-1
Chill °C (?)	4	7	8	7	1	10	12	8	8	15	-10	-10	-8	-11	-8	-8	-6	16	16	16	16	-6
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	8	8	8	14	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	4

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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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