Virginia Surf

Detailed Virginia surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Virginia. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Virginia. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Virginia over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Virginia and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Virginia Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Virginia Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Virginia coastline are also listed below.

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	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	42nd St VA Beach Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NE	0.4 SE	0.7 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 S	1.8 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	4	5	9	4	9	9	9	5	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	11	5	7	8	4	6	6
Energy	64	76	38	40	30	34	43	118	85	55	85	46	54	81	59	77	55	59	46	79	269	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:54PM 0.37		12:32AM 1.00	1:02PM 0.81		1:17AM 0.97			2:11AM 0.94		2:55PM 0.88	3:14AM 0.93		3:55PM 0.97	4:13AM 0.94		4:48PM 1.08		5:07AM 0.96	5:38PM 1.19		6:02AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 0.26		7:04AM 0.17	7:03PM 0.25		7:56AM 0.16		8:01PM 0.25	8:43AM 0.15		9:06PM 0.22	9:34AM 0.11		10:08PM 0.16	10:23AM 0.06		11:05PM 0.09	11:11AM 0.00		12:04AM 0.01	12:02PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	14	8	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	18	11	13	15	16	15	20	21	19	21	18	21	18	15	15	12	16	15	18	22	17	18
Low °C	12	10	10	14	15	13	17	19	18	18	18	18	15	14	14	8	14	14	14	21	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	9	12	14	16	14	20	21	19	21	18	21	18	13	14	10	16	15	17	22	16	18
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	4	8	4	9	9	9	6	6	9	6	6	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	8	7	9	4	8	18	9	9	11	9	9	8	11	11	8	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	-	0.8 NNE	-	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SW	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	4	5	-	4	-	3	4	5	3	-	6	3	4	5	5	5	5	2	3	4	6	6

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.7 SSE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	4	5	5	5	8	9	9	8	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5
Energy	121	40	64	81	76	48	45	38	35	32	40	30	30	44	32	34	36	36	43	84	118	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:18PM 0.81				12:32AM 1.00				1:02PM 0.81				1:17AM 0.97				1:53PM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 0.17				6:13PM 0.24				7:04AM 0.17				7:03PM 0.25				7:52AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	7	7	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	17	18	12	10	11	10	12	12	13	14	15	16	15	14	13	14	15	17	20	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	9	7	9	9	12	11	12	12	14	16	14	12	11	13	14	16	20	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	4	4	8	8	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	10	10	8	8	9	7	7	8	9	4	4	4	4	4	8	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	5	5	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	6	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8
Energy	148	49	49	51	54	40	40	69	64	66	71	81	81	91	76	70	59	48	48	43	45	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:18PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)					6:20AM 0.16												6:13PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	3	4	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	19	19	18	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	19	19	18	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-

Virginia Surf Breaks

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Virginia holds an array of surf spots, the sad thing is most are on the dotted islands along the coastline which are only accessible by boat. Far in the south the coast is open and can receive a good blast of surf. Regardless of this most Virginia surfers still tend to head south to North Carolina. Virginia beach is a developed seaside resort so doesn't attract the more hardcore surfers. Mainly beach breaks. Quite a contrast in water temperature through the year with Winter needing a winter wetsuit and for summer, boardshorts being the chosen attire.

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