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

	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.7 SE
Period(s)	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	8	6
Energy	248	177	188	138	122	117	135	157	121	129	127	201	326	58	48	101	70	47	164	380	581	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:06AM 1.55		7:18PM 1.85	8:00AM 1.61		8:10PM 1.90	8:53AM 1.66		9:19PM 1.96	10:06AM 1.65		9:53PM 1.88	9:47AM 1.53		10:45PM 1.81	11:33AM 1.65		11:39PM 1.71		12:28PM 1.62	1:44AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 0.13		1:07PM 0.29	2:05AM 0.04		2:13PM 0.27		3:01AM -0.02	3:12PM 0.25		3:52AM -0.06	4:09PM 0.24		4:01AM 0.81	5:03PM -0.24		5:40AM -0.01		6:02PM 0.28	6:32AM 0.05		6:44PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	11	10	12	13	11	11	13	15	20	20	18	19	19	16	17	18	15	19	20	18
Low °C	8	9	10	9	11	12	10	11	12	11	16	19	13	16	19	14	16	16	13	15	20	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	9	8	11	12	10	9	11	14	20	20	18	19	19	15	16	17	13	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	6	6	7	7	12	6	6	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	14	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	7	12	6	6	6	6	16	16	6	6	6	10	10	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	3	-	-	2	4	3	4	6	7	8	3

	Fri		Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6
Energy	229	255	248	239	232	177	160	188	151	134	138	139	149	122	128	117	120	119	135	128	108	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on
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	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 1.78				7:06AM 1.55				7:22PM 1.82				8:00AM 1.61				8:10PM 1.90				8:53AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)				1:08AM 0.13				1:07PM 0.29				2:05AM 0.04				2:13PM 0.27					3:01AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	11	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	9	8	7	8	7	10	11	12	10	8	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.9 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	4	4	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
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	136	246	229	235	259	255	254	122	248	248	274	239	244	236	232	232	180	177	169	169	160	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				6:26PM 1.78													7:06AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)											1:08AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	11	11	10	9	9	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	11	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	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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