Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 25 Aug 2025 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
25.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Virginia Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 7PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (25 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (25 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
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 (?)
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1
NNE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
NE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ESE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)1111111010101045558748794445888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18415222417111981797972564540301614212523252122141924
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
NW
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
E
5
S
10
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
1.16
10:00PM
1.09
10:32AM
1.15
10:37PM
1.02
11:11AM
1.13
11:14PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
0.10
4:12AM
0.06
4:39PM
0.16
4:47AM
0.11
5:22PM
0.22
5:24AM
0.16
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:30-------6:31
Sunset--7:42-------7:40-------7:38-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C262727272727242323242423232323222324242423232222
Feels °C (?)282828282930222020212221222323212021212222222121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Virginia Beach (light winds from the E at Oceana Naval Air Station Airport 4 km from Virginia Beach). 0.9m 10s swell from the E with a 0.6m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.4m 8s swell, also from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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