Fishermans Island surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 16 Mar 2026 EDT
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Fishermans Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fishermans Island sea temperature is
6.8° C
(Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fishermans Island today?

The current surf forecast for Fishermans Island at 4AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 16). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

Table - waves today at Fishermans Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SE
2.2
SE
2.3
SSE
1.6
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)889999999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)527666791430255194145999999103108108108106716867656565656565
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
45
S
50
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
10
W
20
W
25
WNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
15
ENE
10
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
0.88
7:56AM
0.97
8:11PM
0.96
8:36AM
0.99
8:53PM
1.04
9:17AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
-0.03
2:08PM
-0.02
2:29AM
-0.08
2:47PM
-0.09
3:12AM
-0.12
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:09--
Sunset7:10-------7:12-------7:13-------
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
4311--------------------
Temp. °C14169521147742211112344455
Feels °C (?)99-2-7-8-8-7-10-1-5-6-5-7-4-4-4-4-3-10121
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