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Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 16 Feb 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
2.1° C
 (Which is 8.2°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 8AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (16 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.9
NE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)4566678910101010101010101010111111111312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1933213162208220257430485437416425363356312260222231240202194194277205
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNW
35
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.07
7:07PM
0.94
7:30AM
1.10
7:47PM
1.01
8:09AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
-0.02
1:04PM
-0.04
1:12AM
-0.07
1:41PM
-0.09
1:54AM
-0.10
2:17PM
-0.12
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset------5:44-------5:45-------5:45-
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12173---------------------
Temp. °C77632223222251114141411101013171918
Feels °C (?)2-1-2-4-7-5-3-1-2-1-1-2171111117669121414
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