Virginia Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Virginia Beach. I gotta be straight with you – this stretch looks pretty quiet. We’ve got a long run of small, weak surf ahead, with only a couple of windows where it might be worth paddling out.

We’re starting right now, and for the first few days, it’s really flat. Through Wednesday the 16th and into the start of the weekend, we're looking at tiny waves, mostly around 0.7 ft to 1.3 ft. The wind is mostly cross or onshore, and the energy in the water is barely a whisper, with combined swell energy readings in the teens and twenties. Not much to get excited about.

Things start to show a tiny pulse of life on Saturday the 18th afternoon. The swell bumps up to 3.9 ft from the SSE, but with a short period of just 5 seconds, it’s gonna be weak and bumpy. The combined energy is only 68, so it’s still pretty limp. The wind is a cross-off from the SSW at 12 mph, which will keep the surface clean, but the waves themselves are just not gonna have any push.

The first real, albeit very modest, standout comes on Sunday the 19th morning. We’ve got a clean 2.6 ft swell from the SSE with an 8-second period. The wind is offshore from the WSW at 9 mph, which is a major positive for clean conditions. The combined energy is 88, which is still weak, but it’s the best we’ve seen. It’s small and weak, but for a beginner or someone on a longboard, it’s about as good as it’s going to get for a while. That morning is your best bet.

After that, we slide back into a long, flat spell. From the 20th right through to the 25th, the swell barely gets over 2.3 ft, and the winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, making for choppy, poor conditions. There’s a blip on the afternoon of the 25th – a 2.3 ft swell from the SE with a 7-second period, and offshore wind from the WSW. The combined energy jumps to 120 (moderate), but the wave size is still too small for any real quality.

Looking into the last days of July and the first day of August, it’s more of the same. Tiny waves, weak energy, and mostly poor conditions. The combined swell energy on the morning of the 30th reaches 96, but it’s a 2.3 ft SE swell with onshore wind – not a recipe for fun.

So, to sum it up: if you’re desperate, the morning of Sunday the 19th is your only real shot at a clean, tiny wave. The rest is a write-off. Don’t hold your breath.

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