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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Carolina South	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 N	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 NE	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	9	4	7	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	9	6	7
Energy(?)	987	885	541	269	214	304	38	56	9	11	35	185	157	128	226	213	219	1021	1125	567	149	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.69	4:28AM 0.97	5:14AM 1.54	5:53PM 1.45		6:02AM 1.51		6:54PM 1.55	7:07AM 1.54		7:26PM 1.61	7:49AM 1.34		8:04PM 1.67	7:41AM 1.15		8:40PM 1.71	9:22AM 1.31		10:13PM 1.32	9:48AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 1.02		9:29PM 0.15	11:47AM 0.30		12:15AM 0.45		12:44PM 0.26	1:02AM 0.37		1:09PM 0.20	2:02AM 0.27		2:18PM 0.20	2:46AM 0.21		2:59PM 0.21		3:21AM 0.50	2:40PM -0.05		3:53AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	10
High °C	4	3	-2	-5	-3	12	-5	12	13	14	13	4	1	20	18	17	-4	10	3	4	12	7
Low °C	2	2	-8	-8	-3	7	-8	9	8	11	11	3	0	19	16	16	-5	5	2	2	6	5
Chill °C (?)	0	-2	-7	-8	-3	10	-9	10	11	12	11	1	-4	20	17	16	-11	6	-2	1	10	3
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	-	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	5	6	6	9	8	11	7	8	8	-	5	-	10	9	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	-	7	14	8	7	11	11	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	-	1.4 E	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	-	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 N	2.4 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	1.1 NE	1.9 E
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	-	9	-	-	5	4	4	7	-	6	6	6	6	10	-	3	6	7

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Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	0.9 NNE	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	6	6	9	8
Energy(?)	207	268	1090	654	1041	885	538	690	541	530	570	269	545	214	175	46	53	82	92	14	52	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:22AM 0.96				4:49PM 1.39				5:04AM 1.14				5:53PM 1.45					5:17AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41PM 0.18				10:35AM 0.33				10:58PM 0.52				11:12AM 0.31					12:15AM 0.45				12:22PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	19	10	4	2	3	2	-2	-5	-7	-7	-8	-6	-3	-3	7	-6	-6	-9	6	-5	-4
Chill °C (?)	0	19	8	0	-3	-2	-3	-7	-12	-14	-14	-14	-8	-3	-6	5	-11	-8	-13	5	-9	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.1 E	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	6	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.5 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.4 NE	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	-	4	4	3	-	6	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Nova-Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Moose Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 NNE	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	11	7	10	10
Energy(?)	168	357	355	549	934	1024	682	1051	1076	1076	1236	987	1252	1032	1041	99	961	885	160	76	120	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							3:45AM 1.47												3:18PM 1.26	3:51PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41PM 0.18	10:08PM 0.05											9:57AM 0.33	10:35AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	4	4	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	3	20	10	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	11	3	3	-3	6	-3	-4
Chill °C (?)	-1	20	6	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-3	-3	8	-2	-2	-12	2	-11	-13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	7	8	-	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	8	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.1 NNE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	11	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NNE	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	-	10	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	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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