Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Virginia Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 3AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1
S
1.1
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111010101010109991010105511111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173133119858057563836353435383334435537403938373635
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
1.23
7:46PM
1.03
8:11AM
1.25
8:21PM
1.01
8:47AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.10
1:52PM
0.12
1:50AM
0.09
2:29PM
0.12
2:23AM
0.10
3:06PM
0.14
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---7:15-------7:16-------7:16----
Sunset------6:21-------6:20-------6:17-
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-21---------------------
Temp. °C221413111417191917161414172021181717161619202019
Feels °C (?)1888681114151312109121416141313131314131415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Virginia Beach (moderate winds from the SW at Oceana Naval Air Station Airport 4 km from Virginia Beach). 1.1m 5s windswell from the S with a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the ENE and a 0.3m 3s local chop from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 43 min ago

28 km/h
SW
Cross-Off
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