Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Out Front today (20 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Out Front at 10PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 3s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Out Front. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Thu night, light winds from the WSW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | S 4 | S 5 | SSW 6 | S 5 | SSE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 19 | 41 | 49 | 107 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 2:41PM1.11m | 3:02AM0.89m | 3:33PM1.09m | 4:00AM0.87m | 4:30PM1.10m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:30PM0.29m | 9:27AM0.29m | 10:32PM0.28m | 10:28AM0.29m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  |  | | | | |  |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Temp °C | 28 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 28 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | NE 6 | ESE 9 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SE 14 | NE 6 | ESE 8 | ENE 6 | SE 3 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | 18 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SSE 4 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | — | ESE 8 | ENE 6 | ESE 8 | ENE 6 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | — | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 16 | E 16 | E 6 | — | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | SSE 4 | E 7 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | ESE 8 | SSE 3 |
| kJ | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 5 | SSW 6 | — | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 6 | — | NE 6 | — | — | E 8 | E 8 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SSE 3 | — |
| kJ | 19 | 41 | 49 | 107 | — | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | — | 8 | — | — | 22 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 640 | 1418 | 670 | 640 | 719 | 670 | 678 | 678 | 1108 | 3097 | 1266 | 719 | 670 | 376 | 254 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 134 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Out Front surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest