Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 Mar 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
4.7° C
(Which is 5.8°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 5PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
S
0.6
ENE
1
S
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.9
S
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)9991010101099999595996101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10694100114102109969290686161435249644748484746444342
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.96
9:47PM
1.09
9:58AM
0.89
10:26PM
1.04
10:37AM
0.82
11:06PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
-0.03
4:01AM
0.03
4:03PM
0.04
4:44AM
0.10
4:43PM
0.11
5:30AM
0.16
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:24-------6:24
Sunset--6:01-------6:02-------6:04-----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------135--1
Temp. °C16127779101113172222191817172024242018181816
Feels °C (?)169233791012172021161514151721221918192017
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