Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 11 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
7.3° C
(Which is 3.4°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 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (11 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (11 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
1.2
N
1
N
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.9
S
1
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)88884555557788856666441111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3140262522506670678279543640246862442511233699
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
10
S
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
0.68
2:44AM
0.84
3:08PM
0.68
3:54AM
0.85
4:22PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
0.25
8:18PM
0.24
9:17AM
0.25
9:21PM
0.24
10:17AM
0.23
10:24PM
0.20
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise-7:20-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset----7:07-------7:07-------7:07---
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------42-1----------
Temp. °C20202125272522222120741455535812121211
Feels °C (?)19191923252319191818-2-6-7-4-101-2-215555
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