Virginia Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Virginia)

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Surf Break: Virginia Beach

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Surf Break: Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: consistent

Best: Swell ESE | Wind W

Sea Temperature Today is: 17.9 °C

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 15:30 Local time

m, °C	Mon	Tuesday 21
ft, °F	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Wave (m)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

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Virginia Beach in Virginia is an exposed beach/Jetty break that usually has waves and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the northeast. The beach break offers mainly right hand waves. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Hazards include rips and locals.

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Virginia wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Inside channel, Rudee Inlet, Virginia, 1 miles from Virginia Beach.

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Virginia Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Oceana Naval Air Station Airport, 4 km from Virginia Beach.

light winds from the SW

km/h

Dry and cloudy

Air temperature
27.8 °C

Current weather near Virginia Beach

Buoy Data:

At Jamestown Buoy, 52 miles from Virginia Beach.

	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
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Overall Virginia Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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The two graphs above are also combined in the single Virginia Beach surf consistency graph.

Also see Virginia Beach surf quality by season and Virginia Beach surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Virginia Beach: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	1st Street Jetty	2 mi
Second closest break	Croatan	2 mi
Third closest break	Camp Pendleton	3 mi
Fourth closest break	Damneck Naval Base	3 mi
Fifth closest break	42nd St VA Beach	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Virginia Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Jamestown Buoy	52 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Stingray Point Buoy	53 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Virginia Beach Buoy	64 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Potomac Buoy	86 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Diamond Shoals Buoy	129 mi
Tide stations nearest to Virginia Beach:
Closest tide station	Inside channel, Rudee Inlet	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Lake Rudee, south end	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Rudee Heights, Lake Wesley	1 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Rudee Inlet entrance	1 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Virginia Beach	1 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Virginia Beach:
Closest ski area	Wintergreen Resort (United States)	176 mi
Second closest ski area	Massanutten (United States)	190 mi
Third closest ski area	Bryce Resort (United States)	204 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ski Liberty (United States)	217 mi
Fifth closest ski area	The Homestead Ski Area (United States)	227 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Virginia Beach:
Closest city location	Virginia Beach (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Chesapeake (United States)	17 mi
Third closest city location	Norfolk (United States)	17 mi
Fourth closest city location	Portsmouth (United States)	20 mi
Fifth closest city location	Portsmouth Heights (United States)	22 mi

The closest passenger airport to Virginia Beach is Oceana Nas Airport (NTU) in USA, 6 km (4 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Virginia Beach is Norfolk International Airport (ORF), also in USA, 22 km (14 miles) away.
Third is Norfolk Ns Airport (NGU) in USA, 31 km (19 miles) away.
Langley Afb (Hampton) Airport (LFI) in USA is 45 km (28 miles) away.
Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (PHF), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Virginia Beach and is 58 km (36 miles) away.

Virginia Beach break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Virginia Beach, Virginia. Use the tab navigation above to view Virginia Beach sea temperature, Virginia Beach photographs, Virginia Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Virginia Beach webcams, current wind from Virginia live weather stations and Virginia Beach tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Virginia Beach.

Virginia Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Virginia)

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Overall Virginia Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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