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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards 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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 S	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	19	5	18	18	17	16	16	5	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	153	61	80	54	43	33	8	11	67	15	22	21	17	14	84	975	776	1167	403	223	338	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:10PM 1.55	12:53AM 1.60		1:52PM 1.51	1:59AM 1.49		2:58PM 1.49		3:08AM 1.41	3:59PM 1.49		4:14AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.51		5:13AM 1.36	5:47PM 1.54		6:04AM 1.37		6:30PM 1.55	6:50AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 0.39	7:47AM 0.17		8:17PM 0.43	8:45AM 0.24		9:46PM 0.44	9:44AM 0.31		10:27PM 0.44	10:42AM 0.36		11:28PM 0.41	11:36AM 0.40		12:23AM 0.36		12:36PM 0.35	12:56AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	12	12	15	14	13	12	12	14	16	13	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	10	9	15
Low °C	10	13	8	9	14	9	11	12	8	10	16	10	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	10	6	11
Chill °C (?)	10	13	11	10	14	13	11	9	11	13	16	12	8	8	6	3	6	7	6	7	6	14
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	18	17	16	16	-	7	15	8	8	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.9 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	3	-	-	2	3	4	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	2	5	6	7	8	-	-	-	3

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Martinique Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove 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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	1.3 NNW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S
Period(s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	8	10	6	19
Energy	287	217	177	153	61	61	100	96	80	75	51	54	44	43	29	29	33	12	276	8	30	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high-ebb	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						1:10PM 1.55				12:53AM 1.60				1:52PM 1.51				1:59AM 1.49	3:13AM 1.15			2:58PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				6:51AM 0.09				7:14PM 0.39				7:47AM 0.17				8:17PM 0.43				8:45AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	16	11	10	13	14	14	12	9	9	8	9	12	14	15	14	10	9	5	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	15	9	8	12	13	13	11	8	9	6	7	10	12	14	13	9	8	2	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	6	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	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 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	15	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	1.3 NNW	-	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	3	3	3	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	8	-	6	-

	Wed		Thursday 21
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Lawrencetown Left Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Martinique 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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 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	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	355	287	287	639	243	217	208	209	177	177	172	153	153	158	61	61	61	61	119	52	100	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	1:10PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)										6:51AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	19	17	16	15	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	19	16	15	14	11	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	13	13	11	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 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	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	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	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
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	9	9	9	15	9	9	9	9	11	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2

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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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