Virginia Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it for Virginia Beach. The long-range looks pretty bleak to be honest. For the first week and a half, it’s mostly close to flat with poor conditions. Nothing worth paddling out for.

We start off on Monday the 7th of September. Small swell coming in at 2ft from the ENE, but with a cross-on breeze it’s choppy and messy. Wave energy is weak (49). Not worth your time.

Tuesday the 8th is more of the same – tiny 2ft to 1ft, cross-onshore wind, ugly. Wednesday the 9th offers a little clean-up with light cross-offshore winds, but the swell is only 2ft from the SE, period 7 seconds. It’s cleaner but still small and weak.

Thursday the 10th is clean both morning and afternoon thanks to a SW cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is laughable – 1ft to 3ft, short period (4-6 seconds). Energy is almost non-existent. A complete flat spell.

Friday the 11th brings a shift with a NNE wind and a 3ft swell, but it’s a short-period, cross-shore mess. Not surfable in any good way. The weekend (12th and 13th of September) is tiny – 0.7ft to 1ft. Very poor.

Monday the 14th to Tuesday the 15th stays small. There’s a jump on Wednesday the 16th morning with a 4ft NE swell and period of 5 seconds, but with cross-shore wind it’s just onshore chop. Energy is moderate (80), but the quality is trash.

Now, the only window that even starts to look like something is Friday the 18th of September morning. The swell is 3ft from the ENE, period 6 seconds, but the wind swings around to a S cross-offshore, giving clean conditions. The wave energy is weak (67). It’s surfable but very ordinary. You could get a few knee-high rollers if you’re desperate.

After that, it’s back to poor conditions. Saturday the 19th is clean but tiny (3ft to 3ft, cross-offshore), and by Sunday the 20th we’re down to 1ft with risk of thunderstorms.

The only real standout in this whole 16-day window comes on Monday the 21st of September afternoon. Swell builds to 5ft from the NE, period only 6 seconds, but the combined energy jumps to a moderate 181. Then on Tuesday the 22nd of September morning, we get the biggest push: 6ft from the ENE, period 8 seconds, and strong wave energy of 457. However, the wind is cross-on and choppy, and the conditions are poor. This is a case of more swell but dirty surf. It’s likely to be a messy, blown-out wall. For experienced surfers only, as it’s well over beginner-friendly size; beginners should sit this one out.

There’s nothing else on the horizon. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing weird to report.

So bottom line: don’t get your hopes up. It’s a long, flat run with a brief spike of size that comes with bad wind. Keep an eye on the forecast, because it tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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