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Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 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
13.9° C
(Which is 2.8°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 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)888877799956667455555556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12111164443338898112743444258148912
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
WSW
25
W
30
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
10
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
1.14
11:13PM
1.38
12:00PM
1.10
12:13AM
1.31
1:02PM
1.06
1:16AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
-0.12
5:14PM
-0.03
6:08AM
-0.06
6:06PM
0.04
7:06AM
0.01
7:06PM
0.12
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:16------
Sunset----7:40-------7:42-------7:43---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11111212121198767777891112161917181715
Feels °C (?)775433221-12221113491613171613
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