Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 EST
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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
7.4° C
(Which is 4.3°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 4PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)888812121212121212111133344455555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)443223101111111111113222591828394535352932
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.05
10:55PM
0.98
11:07AM
0.95
11:44PM
0.95
11:51AM
0.86
12:35AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
-0.06
5:04AM
0.02
5:32PM
-0.01
6:00AM
0.09
6:19PM
0.04
6:57AM
0.15
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--5:02-------5:04-------5:04-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14181814131110999999910131519191817171717
Feels °C (?)10131411108755666657101216161615161615
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