Virginia Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.82° N 75.97° W

Virginia Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Virginia Beach sea temperature is
21.5°C
0.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 1AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NE
6
0.6
NE
6
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
NE
6
0.4
NE
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.5
SE
3
0.5
SSE
3
0.5
S
3
0.3
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
32
34
33
20
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
6
10
10
14
15
27
27
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
E
5
E
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:09PM1.16m
5:38AM1.13m
6:03PM1.16m
6:29AM1.22m
6:49PM1.16m
Low Tide
11:25PM0.13m
11:43AM0.09m
00:14AM0.08m
12:40PM0.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
15
15
15
15
15
17
19
18
18
18
18
17
17
21
25
25
23
21
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
15
17
15
16
17
17
16
14
18
23
24
21
20
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