Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
4.8° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Out Front today?

The current surf forecast for Out Front at 11AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (16 Mar)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (16 Mar)8ft (2.4m)9s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.4
SSE
3.5
SSE
1.6
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)789999101010101099999991099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26839448964471695025265173341421501019910110310610610610810367656564
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
35
S
40
S
50
S
50
S
60
S
60
WNW
50
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
10
NE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47AM
1.14
7:13PM
1.07
7:30AM
1.20
7:53PM
1.17
8:11AM
1.23
8:31PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.00
1:38AM
0.02
2:05PM
-0.06
2:25AM
-0.05
2:45PM
-0.11
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-7:11-------7:09-------7:07------
Sunset----7:08-------7:08-------7:09---
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
12335311----------------
Temp. °C1313131313149531134531-1-1001123
Feels °C (?)776453-3-6-7-9-8-5-3-1-5-7-8-8-5-5-4-4-4-3
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