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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	Wed	Thu	Wed	Thu	Fri	Thu	Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20
	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	North End Virginia	North End Virginia	North End Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SE	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	17	16	5	16	15	7	14	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	11	11	19	17	16	16
Energy	91	282	53	1014	592	67	305	73	129	50	44	107	74	43	40	68	255	438	358	464	519	610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 0.55			12:41AM 0.52			1:13AM 0.49	7:23PM 1.39	8:46PM 0.60	8:31AM 0.88		8:54PM 1.14	8:42AM 1.03		9:02PM 1.38	11:04AM 0.49		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40		3:50PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 0.30	12:04AM 0.01	7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25	1:03AM -0.07	8:04PM 0.18		3:46AM -0.04		2:07PM -0.08	3:07AM -0.09		2:36PM -0.16	3:35AM -0.16	5:31AM -0.06	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07		11:19PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	17	20	18	16	16	19	18	22	28	26	25	30	26	24	17	16	14	14	16	13
Low °C	19	19	16	18	18	11	16	17	17	16	26	19	19	30	20	21	15	15	13	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	21	21	16	20	18	15	14	19	18	22	28	26	25	30	26	24	16	15	12	13	15	11
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	16	7	16	15	7	14	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	4	8	11	18	11	11	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	17	12	10	-	4	13	5	8	8	8	9	9	8	5	8	8	20	21	19	17	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 SE	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	3	4	5	-	3	4	4	-	3	3	4	4	3	-	3	-	3	11	4	4	4	4

	Wed		Thursday 14								Fri	Thu	Friday 15						Sat	Friday 15
	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	2AM	5AM	9:30PM	0:30AM	2PM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	2AM	5AM	9:30PM	0:30AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Out Front Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	13	13	17	16	16	16	19	5	6	16	16	7	16	15	15	7	8	14	14	10	9	9
Energy	82	77	91	111	142	282	682	53	49	1065	1014	49	796	592	558	67	72	322	305	128	73	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:01AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			12:04AM 0.01		7:28PM 0.26		12:45PM -0.01	5:52AM 0.25			1:03AM -0.07		8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	21	20	19	19	21	16	16	20	20	15	18	18	18	13	11	16	16	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	20	21	20	19	19	21	16	16	20	20	13	18	18	17	11	9	14	14	15	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	16	19	7	6	16	16	7	16	15	15	7	8	14	14	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	12	13	10	7	-	-	3	5	4	3	13	12	-	5	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 W	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	3	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	-	3

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14
	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	10AM	11AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	2PM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	6PM	7PM	9:30AM	10:30AM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	18
Energy	77	83	82	59	59	77	75	75	91	89	87	111	125	142	142	166	247	282	282	740	682	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									12:01AM 0.55													12:32PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.37											5:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	19	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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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