shrednet surf forecast

Below you will find many if not all of the links you need to make the most accurate surf forecast possible for your favorite surf spot.

NWS Wind/Swell Plots

Atlantic&Gulf

Pacific

In my opinion, this is the best tool available for forecasting waves. Once you learn how to read these charts, you will be able to see the forecast for wind speed, wind direction, swell size, swell direction, and swell period for the current day and three days out.
Note: Check the dates on the maps carefully, it's not uncommon for these charts to be out of date by a day or two occasionally

Coastal Fcst.

Coast Guard Observations

NC Newport.

NC Wilm.

Simple text advisories that usualy forecast the wind speed and wave size 24 to 48 hours out.

NOAA Buoys

GULF

These links will take you to maps on which you can view the current (updated hourly) and past 24 hours or so of weather data for selected buoys. Most or all of the buoys report wind conditions, and about half report swell conditions. There are even a few that report swell direction. Get used to checking these, and take note of what conditions make your favorite spot Go Off!. These are one of the best tools for current conditions, and short range(6 to 12 hours) forecasting.

WXP/MRF SURFace Maps

4 Day Panel

9 Day Panel

Surface maps are best used to forecast the wind. These maps forecast up to 9 days out. Which can be great for long term forecasting, although they are usualy not the most accurate source of data.

Ahh, the good old Weather Channel. These are the maps we all depended on before the advent of the internet. Great source of weather data for current conditions and about 24 hours worth of forecast data. You can almost always depend on these maps being up to date.