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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	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	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	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	4	5	7	6	8	4	5	5	7	9	7	7	8	4	8	8	8
Energy(?)	24	23	18	16	50	35	20	15	25	22	46	53	29	13	13	10	21	25	13	22	42	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 0.51		9:56PM 0.60	10:27AM 0.51		9:22PM 1.40	9:48AM 1.05		10:12PM 1.38	10:42AM 1.01		11:08PM 1.33	11:38AM 0.97		12:04AM 1.25	12:36PM 0.94		2:28AM 0.52	1:40PM 0.92		2:10AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)		4:11PM -0.04	4:55AM -0.06		2:56PM -0.16	3:48AM -0.15		3:43PM -0.13	4:43AM -0.11		4:37PM -0.08		5:43AM -0.05	5:38PM -0.02		6:43AM 0.00	6:41PM 0.04	8:23PM 0.05	7:46AM 0.05	7:50PM 0.09		8:54AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	26	22	21	22	22	21	10	10	14	15	13	11	12	13	21	23	19	15	16	14	20
Low °C	20	24	20	20	21	20	13	8	9	9	15	9	9	11	9	13	22	16	15	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	24	26	22	21	22	22	21	6	9	12	13	11	10	11	10	21	23	19	14	15	13	20
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	13	7	5	7	6	8	7	7	5	4	7	4	9	6	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	5	5	5	13	4	7	-	7	7	7	9	7	7	9	7	4	8	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.9 N	1.4 N	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	7	4	4	5	-	3	4	5	-	-	5	4	7	8	4	4	4	4

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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	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 N
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	5
Energy(?)	145	93	83	55	23	17	15	18	22	16	16	17	50	20	39	35	40	54	20	18	15	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:40AM 0.51				8:35PM 1.37				9:00AM 1.07				9:22PM 1.40				9:48AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	4:07AM -0.04				2:13PM -0.14				2:59AM -0.16				2:56PM -0.16				3:48AM -0.15	5:44AM -0.06			3:43PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	21	21	24	25	24	22	22	22	20	20	21	22	21	20	22	21	21	19	13	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	21	21	24	25	24	22	22	22	20	20	21	22	21	20	22	21	21	18	10	6	4	9
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	7	7	7	5	5	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	13	5	5	13	13	-	4	4	4	7	7	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 N	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	4	4	4	5	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	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	198	145	145	131	37	37	32	29	24	24	27	23	23	23	23	21	17	39	17	15	15	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							8:14AM 1.08												8:35PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			4:07AM -0.04										2:13PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	20	20	22	24	24	25	25	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	20	20	22	24	24	25	25	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	5	5	5	-	2	-	-	-	-

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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