Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 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
4.5° C
(Which is 5.9°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 4AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)89101010111111111111111112121111111110151588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29440640034733334639634735425130323924338326416310979452720173346
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
45
NW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
W
10
S
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
1.11
11:50AM
0.85
12:23AM
1.08
12:48PM
0.80
1:29AM
1.05
1:57PM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
0.02
6:01PM
-0.02
7:04AM
0.07
7:02PM
0.00
8:11AM
0.09
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:39----
Sunset------5:51-------5:52-------5:52-
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1110234531-1-2-124433456101110
Feels °C (?)-9-10-10-10-8-6-4-2-5-8-9-10-9-4-1-1-3-4-4-3-2245
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