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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Topsail Island Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	1.1 SE	0.4 E	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	7	7	8	9	7	7	8
Energy(?)	63	75	159	339	701	408	551	394	396	462	199	120	59	91	43	627	581	351	158	170	218	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 1.39		2:13PM 1.23	2:15AM 1.34		2:23PM 0.81	2:38AM 0.96		3:21PM 0.85	3:38AM 0.98	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:44AM 1.26	6:05AM 0.61	6:31PM 0.63		5:32AM 1.07	6:01PM 1.12	6:48PM 1.14	7:35AM 1.27	6:42PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:18PM 0.66	8:06AM 0.49		8:12PM 0.71	9:03AM 0.52		8:34PM 0.30	9:32AM 0.21		9:45PM 0.27	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:19PM 0.16	12:21PM 0.10		12:45AM 0.07	11:55AM 0.02		1:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	6	17	14	10	13	17	4	3	1	5	8	21	18	14	13	17	23	21	21	11
Low °C	5	3	5	17	13	8	12	15	3	3	-1	0	8	20	15	14	8	17	22	16	19	8
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	16	12	9	12	17	-1	-2	-4	2	7	21	17	12	11	17	23	21	21	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	7:49	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:57	7:12	-	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	1.1 E	-	-	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.3 SE	0.9 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	8	9	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	7	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	6	9	-	10	-	-	7	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.0 ENE	-	1.3 E	1.9 E	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	3	6	-	10	10	-	-	-	4	6	4	4	5	6	5	7	7	-	-	7	7	3

	Wednesday 08				Thursday 09									Friday 10							Sat
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	2AM
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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Topsail Island Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	8	9	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	11
Energy(?)	82	63	64	58	58	41	75	361	159	174	184	88	98	693	653	673	613	449	472	42	41	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:11PM 1.29				1:14AM 1.39				1:28PM 0.80		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:54AM 1.21	3:06AM 0.58				2:23PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)				7:18PM 0.66				7:21AM 0.23				n/a n/a	n/a n/a				9:42AM 0.18				9:31PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	5	5	3	0	0	5	5	6	6	7	4	3	12	14	14	16	11	12	4	4	14
Chill °C (?)	0	2	2	0	-3	0	2	2	3	3	4	2	3	11	12	12	15	9	10	0	1	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	1.1 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	9	6	6	10	8	8	8	10	10	6	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	11	-	9	9	9	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	3	2	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	4	-	10	10	10	10	-	8	5	5	-

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	6AM
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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Topsail Island Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 E	-	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	-	9	9	6	6	7	7	9
Energy(?)	53	55	82	82	63	63	102	97	98	98	90	134	193	320	0	731	664	75	75	10	10	579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					1:11PM 1.29							n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)											6:08PM 0.26	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	2	3	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	6	5	8	13	13	13	4	4	-1	-1	8
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	0	2	2	2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	2	0	5	11	11	11	0	0	-6	-6	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	8	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 S	1.7 S	-	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	9	9	9	6	6	2	3	9

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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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