Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
9.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
S
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.2
NNE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)91010556677546665566677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3335354891101741212184114811410510315520719814812397595144
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
N
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
30
NNW
35
N
35
N
30
N
25
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.83
3:32AM
1.01
4:06PM
0.87
4:47AM
1.01
5:15PM
0.94
5:48AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.11
9:00PM
0.06
10:03AM
0.12
10:11PM
0.05
11:04AM
0.09
11:19PM
0.02
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:54
Sunset--7:20-------7:21-------7:22-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------2541---------
Temp. °C1822242118171717221576567544666655
Feels °C (?)141820181413131318101-1-110-4-5-5-202211
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