Out Front surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 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
12.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)888834455566667777777779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6663271121436058251391011744444442
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NE
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
25
WSW
45
NW
40
NW
25
NNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
SSW
20
SW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15AM
1.23
9:29PM
1.46
10:04AM
1.19
10:18PM
1.43
11:00AM
1.14
11:13PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
-0.14
3:39PM
-0.10
4:27AM
-0.14
4:26PM
-0.08
5:16AM
-0.12
5:14PM
-0.03
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----7:38-------7:39-------7:40---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C2119171515161818181910871112121291011121098
Feels °C (?)201715121113141414170-2168863314121
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