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Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 EST
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Out Front surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Out Front sea temperature is
6.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Out Front today?

The current surf forecast for Out Front at 10PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Out Front. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)8888888999988889888889910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302928201422235351362225242322231718181818191923
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
W
25
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
20
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.96
8:02AM
1.20
8:27PM
0.98
8:38AM
1.19
9:04PM
1.00
9:15AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
-0.06
2:09AM
-0.01
2:50PM
-0.09
2:51AM
-0.02
3:27PM
-0.11
3:30AM
-0.02
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------7:13-------7:13-------7:13-
Sunset5:07-------5:08-------5:09-------
light rain
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
5-----------------------
Temp. °C41-1-2-2-203552-3-5-6-5-2-10-1-3-3-302
Feels °C (?)-2-7-10-10-9-8-8-7-4-3-7-11-13-13-11-10-8-6-8-9-8-7-7-6
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