Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 Feb 2026 EST
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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
2.6° C
(Which is 7.9°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 7AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)4555566666566666778889910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394741478310711510382886750394644344957606171574428
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
W
30
NW
25
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NW
45
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
1.06
9:52AM
1.00
10:21PM
1.03
10:31AM
0.91
11:04PM
0.99
11:11AM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
-0.07
4:06PM
-0.07
4:32AM
0.01
4:46PM
-0.01
5:21AM
0.09
5:28PM
0.05
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset------5:32-------5:34-------5:35-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------2------
Temp. °C100-1-1-10-1-1-2-2-2-11331321-3-5-5-6
Feels °C (?)-5-7-6-7-8-9-7-8-7-9-8-8-6-30-1-3-1-6-7-15-18-18-19
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