Virginia Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.82° N 75.97° W

Virginia Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Virginia Beach sea temperature is
26.4° C
1.0° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 8PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (10 Jul)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (10 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Fri afternoon, min 23°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
SSE
8
0.3
SSE
7
0.2
ESE
9
0.9
NE
4
0.8
NE
4
1
NE
5
1.2
NE
5
1.5
ENE
6
1.5
ENE
6
1.7
ENE
7
1.9
ENE
7
1.7
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.4
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
7
8
8
8
20
14
8
8
12
11
8
24
27
41
76
148
186
257
316
303
239
203
Wind (km/h)
15
W
0
W
10
SSE
20
WNW
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
20
N
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
4:45PM1.21m
5:10AM0.88m
5:46PM1.27m
6:12AM0.92m
6:44PM1.32m
7:11AM0.97m
Low Tide
10:09AM-0.02m
11:19PM0.05m
11:09AM-0.05m
00:21AM-0.00m
12:10PM-0.09m
1:19AM-0.05m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:24
8:23
8:23
8:22
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
4
5
1
Temp °C
30
32
32
28
28
26
25
25
27
31
30
28
25
25
24
25
24
24
25
24
24
24
24
23
Feels °C
31
35
33
28
31
27
26
26
27
32
33
29
27
27
25
26
24
23
23
21
22
22
23
22
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