Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 22 Mar 2026 EDT
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Virginia Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Virginia Beach sea temperature is
8.3° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Virginia Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 10PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s

Table - waves today at Virginia Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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 (?)
0.4
ESE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
N
1.4
N
1.1
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)85555588455566777777771010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2432533330242324401006111214317717813510582755350428135
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
NW
25
N
30
N
35
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:17PM
1.23
11:44AM
0.93
12:10AM
1.18
12:37PM
0.88
1:08AM
1.12
1:38PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
-0.08
5:48AM
-0.04
5:46PM
-0.03
6:47AM
0.03
6:45PM
0.01
7:51AM
0.08
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:01-------7:00--
Sunset7:16-------7:16-------7:17-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C2623212020192114141186444444444568
Feels °C (?)242119171716189730-2-3-4-3-2-10001223
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