Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 09 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
7.0° C
(Which is 3.6°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: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)999988999787668888888556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)432826254217283139253115273514263232252512356998
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.76
12:50AM
0.92
1:04PM
0.71
1:42AM
0.87
1:59PM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.16
6:27PM
0.17
7:21AM
0.21
7:19PM
0.22
8:17AM
0.25
8:18PM
0.24
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-7:24-------7:22-------7:20------
Sunset----7:05-------7:06-------7:07---
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-------------23-------
Temp. °C171618212221202020192124252322201819222627242221
Feels °C (?)171618212120192019182022222119191719212425222018
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