Surf Forecasts:
Virginia Beach surf forecast from 4 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 8 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period, SE swell with 91 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Virginia Beach this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Virginia Beach in the next 16 days are 0.9m 8s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 08) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 09) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Sat 8th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Virginia Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Hey, Rusty here. Let’s break down the surf over the next couple weeks. It’s looking like a real dry spell with nothing on the cards that’s worth paddling for. The whole 16-day window is pretty flat, and the first week especially is a total write-off. There’s a long stretch of tiny, weak surf with shifty winds, so it might be time to focus on other things for a while.
Starting Tuesday the 4th, it’s grim. We’ve got a small 2ft swell from the SE with a short 7-second period, and the combined energy is only 43, which is weak. There’s a risk of thunderstorms and a cross-onshore wind at 6 mph making it choppy and ugly. Not worth a second look. That poor quality sticks around through Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th, with waves only 2ft to 3ft and periods under 8 seconds. The wind stays messy, mostly cross or cross-off, so the surf stays poor.
Friday the 7th through Sunday the 9th brings more of the same—tiny, weak swells with energy readings barely hitting 50. Sunday morning the 9th does clean up with a light offshore wind from the WSW at 9 mph, but the swell is a measly 1ft. Even if the water is smooth, there’s nothing to ride.
The second week gets even flatter. From Monday the 10th all the way to Tuesday the 19th, wave heights barely touch 2ft, and most days they’re down around 0.7ft to 1ft. The combined energy readings are mostly in the teens or single digits—basically nothing. There are a couple of moments with glassy or clean conditions, like Saturday morning the 15th with an ENE wind at 3 mph, but the wave height is only 2ft from the SSE with an 8-second period. Even that is too small to be fun.
No standout days in this whole outlook. The surf is flat out not happening. Save the energy and check back later when the forecasts might change. For now, it’s just a waiting game.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 35°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 4 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SSE 5 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SE 7 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 45 | 30 | 35 | 61 | 51 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 45 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 19 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:42AM0.94m | 1:20PM1.14m | 1:35AM0.90m | 2:16PM1.16m | 2:36AM0.87m | 3:20PM1.18m | 3:44AM0.87m | 4:28PM1.21m | 4:54AM0.91m | 5:33PM1.25m | 5:59AM0.97m | 6:33PM1.29m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:54PM0.16m | 6:58AM0.04m | 7:53PM0.17m | 7:51AM0.05m | 8:54PM0.16m | 8:48AM0.05m | 9:58PM0.15m | 9:50AM0.03m | 11:03PM0.12m | 10:55AM0.01m | 00:05AM0.07m | 11:59AM-0.03m | 1:02AM0.01m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — |
 | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:00 | — |
mm | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 33 |
Feels °C | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 34 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | NE 4 | E 10 | SE 6 | E 10 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SE 7 | E 9 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 45 | 30 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 19 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 4 | NE 4 | E 9 | E 13 | E 10 | NE 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 7 | SE 7 | E 9 | E 11 | ESE 7 | E 10 | E 9 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 8 | E 9 | E 11 | E 8 | — | E 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 8 | E 9 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SE 6 | SSE 6 | — | SSE 4 | S 5 | SW 3 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSW 4 | S 3 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | S 3 | S 5 | WSW 3 | SSW 3 | SW 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 61 | 51 | — | 31 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 337 | 82 | 372 | 1363 | 10 | 1140 | 392 | 215 | 225 | 134 | 10 | 172 | 10 | 134 | 172 | 172 | 134 | 172 | 172 |
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