Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 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 1PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am 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)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)666655666666665888888445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333325413770867653302121122596666628133767
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SW
0
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
glasscrossglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
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
9:29PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset----7:37-------7:37-------7:38---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C222123262521222121202124242322212018181718181818
Feels °C (?)191820222016171819192022242122202018171514151413
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