Camp Pendleton Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Camp Pendleton in Virginia is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has quite reliable surf The best wind direction is from the west. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the east southeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around low tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Surfing here means negotiating dangerous rips.

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Overall Camp Pendleton Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Camp Pendleton:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Croatan	1 mi
Second closest break	Damneck Naval Base	1 mi
Third closest break	1st Street Jetty	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Virginia Beach	3 mi
Fifth closest break	42nd St VA Beach	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Camp Pendleton:
Closest wave buoy	Jamestown Buoy	54 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Stingray Point Buoy	56 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Virginia Beach Buoy	63 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Potomac Buoy	89 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Diamond Shoals Buoy	126 mi
Tide stations nearest to Camp Pendleton:
Closest tide station	Lake Rudee, south end, Virginia	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Rudee Heights, Lake Wesley, Virginia	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Rudee Inlet entrance, Virginia	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Inside channel, Rudee Inlet, Virginia	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Interior channel, Rudee Inlet, Virginia	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Camp Pendleton:
Closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	178 mi
Second closest ski area	Massanutten (United States)	192 mi
Third closest ski area	Bryce Resort (United States)	206 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ski Liberty (United States)	220 mi
Fifth closest ski area	The Homestead Ski Area (United States)	229 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Camp Pendleton:
Closest city location	Virginia Beach (United States)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Chesapeake (United States)	19 mi
Third closest city location	Norfolk (United States)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Portsmouth (United States)	21 mi
Fifth closest city location	Portsmouth Heights (United States)	23 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Camp Pendleton is Oceana Nas Airport (NTU) in USA, 9 km (6 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Camp Pendleton is Norfolk International Airport (ORF), also in USA, 26 km (16 miles) away.
• Third is Norfolk Ns Airport (NGU) in USA, 35 km (22 miles) away.
• Langley Afb (Hampton) Airport (LFI) in USA is 50 km (31 miles) away.
• Elizabeth City Cgas Rgnl Airport (ECG), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Camp Pendleton and is 60 km (37 miles) away.