Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 12 Apr 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
12.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
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 (?)
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010999999999555101099995599
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)219262139108108106817976573959564233312928282831402626
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
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
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
0.87
5:04AM
0.94
5:33PM
0.97
5:55AM
0.99
6:19PM
1.08
6:43AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
0.16
10:48PM
0.17
11:13AM
0.09
11:43PM
0.09
12:00PM
0.02
12:35AM
0.00
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:30
Sunset--7:35-------7:36-------7:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141415161616161621252725201918182327282622212019
Feels °C (?)9910121213131318212423171616162124252419191817
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