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North End surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 EDT
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North End surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North End sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at North End today?

The current surf forecast for North End at 8AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s

Table - waves today at North End. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNE
0.3
SE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)578888444555446666677877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1386614112331324042321358131498115111110
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
0
SE
15
SW
20
SW
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
5
NNE
20
ESE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
35
SW
35
WSW
25
W
15
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
1.11
11:21AM
0.87
11:47PM
1.06
12:16PM
0.83
12:46AM
1.00
1:17PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
-0.05
4:59PM
-0.05
6:00AM
-0.01
5:56PM
-0.01
7:00AM
0.03
6:59PM
0.03
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:20----
Sunset------7:42-------7:43-------7:44-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C13121110141613131110999999910101118232018
Feels °C (?)101085795633234533233310171617
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