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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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Rating	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 N	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	5	5	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7
Energy	44	62	67	231	190	162	163	160	51	105	128	97	100	147	152	158	88	234	46	98	72	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				6:11AM 1.48		7:18PM 1.05	7:06AM 1.55		8:24PM 1.10	8:14AM 1.59		8:10PM 1.90	8:53AM 1.66		9:01PM 1.91	9:45AM 1.68		9:53PM 1.88	9:47AM 1.53		10:45PM 1.81	11:33AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 0.37		12:08AM 0.23		12:11PM 0.34	12:26AM 0.73		1:13PM 0.31	1:24AM 0.77		2:20PM 0.27		3:01AM -0.02	3:12PM 0.25		3:55AM -0.05	4:11PM -0.24		4:01AM 0.81	5:06PM 0.25		5:40AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	13	18	17	8	9	9	8	9	14	12	12	12	13	20	19	18	18	17	13	17
Low °C	13	18	12	15	13	8	9	8	7	8	14	10	12	12	11	15	16	12	17	14	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	18	13	18	16	7	7	7	6	7	13	10	10	11	13	20	19	18	18	16	11	16
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 N	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	4	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	6	8	8	5	8	8	5	7	6	6	8	7	7	7	5	7	16	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Summerville 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	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7
Energy	66	58	49	44	40	62	57	81	67	132	186	231	245	190	176	194	162	116	187	163	44	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:13AM 1.41				5:33PM 1.69					6:11AM 1.48				6:26PM 1.78				7:06AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08PM 0.33				11:11AM 0.37					12:08AM 0.23				12:11PM 0.34				12:26AM 0.73				1:13PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	13	17	18	17	13	12	12	13	15	18	17	13	10	8	8	8	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	16	18	16	13	12	12	13	15	18	16	11	8	8	7	6	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	8	4	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	7	-	-	8	-	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	5	5	-	5

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Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach 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	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	10	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy	70	68	66	66	45	58	43	50	49	50	48	44	43	42	40	39	47	62	63	59	57	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									5:13AM 1.41												5:33PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			11:08PM 0.33												11:11AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	4	5	5	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	3	6	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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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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