Virginia Beach surf break

Virginia Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 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
13.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Virginia Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Virginia Beach at 8AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
2
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)4567777788999999910101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46152301393314276282310319284315311304304311325334356354377400408432432
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
10
E
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
0.95
12:37PM
0.75
1:05AM
0.90
1:30PM
0.73
2:00AM
0.87
2:32PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
0.21
6:45PM
0.26
7:39AM
0.23
7:44PM
0.27
8:35AM
0.23
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---6:39-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------7:30-------7:31-------7:32-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12965555567779998899911131413
Feels °C (?)40-3-3-3-2-2-1133355555788910109
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