Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 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
11.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Out Front today?

The current surf forecast for Out Front at 6AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)456666456666666668888884
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2533394433313167861825530221912356666663716
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.22
8:01PM
1.38
8:28AM
1.23
8:44PM
1.44
9:15AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
-0.04
2:09PM
-0.08
2:50AM
-0.10
2:54PM
-0.10
3:38AM
-0.14
3:39PM
-0.10
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:24-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------7:37-------7:37-------7:38-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------21----------
Temp. °C272422212326242122212120202325222120191716151418
Feels °C (?)242119182022191717182018182123212020181513131115
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