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Virginia Beach Surf Forecast / Virginia / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Mar 2023 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 9.2 °C (Statistics for 21 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 11.5 max: 15.8 min: 7.6 °C)
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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 9.2 °C (Statistics for 21 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 11.5 max: 15.8 min: 7.6 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Virginia Beach (calm at Oceana Naval Air Station Airport 4 km from Virginia Beach).

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Calm
0 km/h
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Clean
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How big are the waves at Virginia Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 10AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (21 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (21 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.6
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)14141313137777777777777666566678888888885678888888688966445566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4444355101616241642402828262920271315608375222020219810051315579439013814967695433321518778913133159424035181813
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
NE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
ESE
15
NE
10
ESE
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
E
5
ESE
10
NNW
20
NE
20
NE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoncross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
1.20
8:31PM
1.24
8:57AM
1.17
9:17PM
1.26
9:42AM
1.11
10:02PM
1.25
10:26AM
1.03
10:46PM
1.20
11:10AM
0.95
11:31PM
1.12
11:55AM
0.87
12:16AM
1.04
12:43PM
0.80
1:06AM
0.96
1:37PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19PM
-0.18
2:49AM
-0.21
3:01PM
-0.18
3:37AM
-0.18
3:43PM
-0.15
4:24AM
-0.11
4:25PM
-0.09
5:13AM
-0.03
5:09PM
-0.01
6:03AM
0.05
5:56PM
0.08
6:57AM
0.13
6:47PM
0.16
7:55AM
0.20

Note: the tide data above is for Inside channel, Rudee Inlet, Virginia which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Virginia Beach.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Virginia Beach blow from the W

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C667109991011111415151412111111162224221918181721252724161010162126232221201715172021191716131110111112131314131417
Feels °C (?)234633478810121311988812182119161514131721232315781419221818181614131418191715137557910121213121216
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:03-------7:01-------7:00-------6:58-------6:56-------6:56--
Sunset----7:15-------7:16-------7:16-------7:17-------7:19-------7:20-------7:21-------

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