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.

Nova-Scotia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02
	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	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Topsail Island Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Kennington Cove Cape Breton Island
Rating	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	3	4	0	2	2	4	4	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	2.0 E	0.9 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	0.5 E	3.0 E	2.4 E
Period(s)	14	13	10	8	8	8	6	10	10	10	11	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	8
Energy	690	628	100	416	435	130	119	440	258	412	86	282	304	526	125	755	413	3922	3297	44	3646	1295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:42AM 1.42	5:59PM 0.81		6:27AM 0.78		6:52PM 0.85	7:17AM 0.77		7:38PM 0.89	7:17AM 1.48	6:58PM 1.24	7:31PM 1.64	7:15AM 1.06	7:37PM 1.26	8:21PM 1.62	7:55AM 1.05		8:13PM 1.26	9:11AM 1.27		8:53PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 0.48	11:17AM 0.32		12:15AM 0.05		12:34PM 0.05	1:10AM 0.02		1:19PM 0.03	1:58AM 0.01			2:21AM 0.23	1:27PM 0.02		2:47AM 0.02		2:05PM 0.05	2:43AM 0.00		3:22PM 0.06	3:22AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	7	2	6	1	-	-	4
High °C	17	18	12	8	10	18	16	11	13	14	25	7	9	11	14	9	8	7	5	10	6	4
Low °C	17	17	11	7	9	17	10	9	13	12	19	7	7	10	13	8	7	6	5	6	5	3
Chill °C (?)	16	18	10	4	7	18	15	9	12	13	25	5	8	11	12	7	5	3	4	6	3	-1
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.6 SE	1.3 E	-	-	0.9 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	3.0 ESE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	10	6	6	-	6	10	10	10	5	9	-	-	8	9	9	-	7	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	13	12	6	-	-	9	-	6	6	11	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	6	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	1.4 E	2.0 E	0.8 NW	-	0.2 SSW	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	0.7 WNW	3.0 E	2.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	8	6	-	-	-	4	-	9	8	4	-	2	10	10	4	10	8

	Sat		Sunday 26								Monday 27									Tuesday 28
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Moose Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 ESE	1.8 ENE	0.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.6 E
Period(s)	11	12	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	7	9
Energy	258	247	690	783	707	628	557	524	482	416	48	416	58	381	435	89	331	355	363	67	151	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:32PM 1.45				5:30AM 0.78				5:59PM 0.81				5:42AM 1.43					5:28PM 1.14				5:51AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			11:11PM 0.07				11:45AM 0.06				11:57PM 0.42					12:13PM 0.05				12:36AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	3	8	2	9	10	18	11	10	10	14	12	9
Chill °C (?)	0	0	17	17	17	16	18	18	19	19	0	4	-1	5	7	18	8	7	8	13	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	6	12	6	6	13	-	-	-	-	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.3 SW	1.0 W	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	7	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	6	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	1.8 ENE	0.3 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	8	3	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	7	-

	Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Moose Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 E	1.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.4 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period(s)	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	7	12	6	6	4	7	8	8	16	16	15
Energy	247	278	837	832	745	740	719	736	690	730	227	313	158	411	431	8	583	645	667	18	18	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:32PM 1.45												3:50AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)									11:11PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1
High °C	6	6	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	4	13	5	10	9	17	8	8	8	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	1	1	18	18	18	16	16	16	17	17	0	11	2	6	5	17	3	3	3	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.8 E	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	15	12	7	7	4	7	7	7	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	7	13	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	10	15	10	15	14	-	14	-	-	4	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.7 ESE	0.2 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	2	6	6	-	7	8	8	-	-	-

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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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