Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 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
11.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
N
0.5
SE
0.5
NNE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)555676777888575777777774
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)645948121144136131128107694636342715123714141414141518
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
WSW
10
NW
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
ESE
20
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
1.13
10:30AM
0.87
10:52PM
1.07
11:10AM
0.82
11:33PM
1.01
11:51AM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
0.06
4:27PM
0.10
5:13AM
0.12
5:07PM
0.16
5:57AM
0.17
5:52PM
0.22
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset------7:29-------7:30-------7:30-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------9681--------------
Temp. °C2019181922251917121310881112101112111011111111
Feels °C (?)17161516182117178841278468766645
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