Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 EST
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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
0.9° C
(Which is 5.6°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 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)999101010101010101111131312121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17117514214812012212710210410679901611581131087673694341638921
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.22
8:01PM
1.10
8:16AM
1.23
8:38PM
1.14
8:54AM
1.21
9:16PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
-0.04
2:20PM
-0.12
2:32AM
-0.07
2:58PM
-0.14
3:14AM
-0.09
3:34PM
-0.15
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:46------
Sunset----5:40-------5:43-------5:44---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------132
Temp. °C12369101212101010121515151313131291011109
Feels °C (?)-3-3-20568754561010121111121167754
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