Virginia Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.82° N 75.97° W

Virginia Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Virginia Beach sea temperature is
26.8° 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 (19 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 7PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (19 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 82mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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
Rating
(10 max)
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.5
S
4
0.7
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
1.1
S
5
1.6
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
23
23
15
15
24
16
16
16
16
16
6
6
4
8
42
13
9
55
154
220
Wind (km/h)
10
W
15
NE
10
E
15
E
10
SSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
20
S
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
S
30
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
off
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:29PM1.10m
00:34AM0.96m
1:19PM1.08m
1:21AM0.87m
2:10PM1.05m
Low Tide
6:44PM0.11m
6:58AM0.03m
7:42PM0.17m
7:44AM0.09m
8:39PM0.22m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:20
8:19
 mm
3
15
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
10
2
1
4
29
Temp °C
31
30
27
24
23
22
23
23
25
26
26
25
24
23
23
23
27
32
30
27
23
Feels °C
34
32
30
26
25
23
26
27
29
29
29
29
25
23
23
24
28
32
31
27
22
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