Virginia Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.82° N 75.97° W

Virginia Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Virginia Beach sea temperature is
17.1°C
0.8° 

Virginia Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Virginia Beach today (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 6PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (03 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (03 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
5
0.3
E
9
0.4
ESE
5
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.9
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.2
ESE
8
1.3
SE
8
1.3
SE
8
1.2
SE
8
1.2
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.2
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
15
11
21
21
21
40
51
50
68
73
84
88
109
112
154
158
184
222
227
201
196
166
201
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
S
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
High Tide
2:45PM1.06m
3:23AM1.08m
3:46PM1.04m
4:21AM1.15m
4:39PM1.02m
5:10AM1.21m
Low Tide
8:25AM0.14m
9:04PM0.12m
9:31AM0.13m
9:55PM0.10m
10:31AM0.12m
10:43PM0.07m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
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clear
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clear
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6:28
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Temp °C
17
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
21
22
22
21
21
21
20
20
22
25
24
22
21
21
20
20
Feels °C
17
18
18
18
18
19
20
19
21
21
21
20
21
22
21
21
22
24
22
21
20
20
20
20
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