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			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	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	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	9	7	8	8	7	7	5	7	8
Energy	136	247	171	63	176	158	142	102	147	145	259	135	109	324	78	144	134	95	83	135	505	468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 1.78	7:06AM 1.55		7:22PM 1.82	8:09AM 1.60		8:10PM 1.90	8:53AM 1.66		9:19PM 1.96	9:45AM 1.68		9:53PM 1.88	9:47AM 1.53		10:45PM 1.81	11:33AM 1.65		11:39PM 1.71		12:28PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08AM 0.13		1:21PM 0.29	1:54AM 0.03		2:13PM 0.27		3:01AM -0.02	3:12PM 0.25		3:55AM -0.05	3:59PM 0.09		4:01AM 0.81	5:06PM 0.25		5:40AM -0.01		6:02PM 0.28	6:32AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-
High °C	16	10	9	10	9	10	12	11	13	13	15	20	17	17	21	21	15	18	17	13	14	19
Low °C	11	8	9	10	8	9	11	10	11	13	12	16	17	13	18	18	15	16	15	11	14	18
Chill °C (?)	15	8	7	8	7	8	11	9	12	11	14	20	16	17	21	21	14	18	16	11	12	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	12	6	6	6	9	7	8	8	7	6	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 E	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	-	12	6	6	6	6	16	6	7	7	14	7	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	6	-	-	-	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	7	5	7	8

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	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) 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
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	9
Energy	224	136	227	272	247	245	223	171	161	63	143	151	176	65	141	158	140	142	124	126	102	130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:26PM 1.78				7:06AM 1.55				7:22PM 1.82				8:09AM 1.60				8:10PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		12:11PM 0.34				1:08AM 0.13				1:21PM 0.29				2:14AM 0.01				2:13PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	11	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	15	9	8	6	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	11	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	262	229	224	224	136	136	163	215	227	240	252	272	274	122	247	248	235	245	233	233	223	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										6:26PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				12:11PM 0.34													1:08AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	20	19	16	15	13	11	11	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	20	19	15	14	12	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	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	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	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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