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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	Wednesday 13			Thu	Wed	Thu	Fri					Saturday 16			Sun	Mon	Sun	Mon	Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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	Croatan 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	81st Street Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	North End Virginia	81st Street Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Croatan 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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	5	16	15	14	14	9	9	9	10	7	8	12	8	11	11	11	19	17
Energy	77	77	75	282	46	825	589	528	305	78	74	46	48	148	42	271	40	222	284	342	389	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70		12:01AM 0.55			12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49			8:31AM 0.88		8:14PM 1.44	8:41AM 1.01		9:02PM 1.38	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30	12:07AM -0.00	7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18		1:56AM -0.14		2:07PM -0.08	2:46AM -0.17		7:09AM 0.09	3:35AM -0.16	9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	17	20	19	16	17	17	16	22	29	27	21	16	21	16	16	15	15	15
Low °C	19	22	18	18	15	19	15	16	16	16	14	16	27	19	19	15	20	16	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	16	20	19	15	16	17	15	22	29	27	21	16	21	16	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	7	16	15	14	14	9	9	9	8	7	8	12	8	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	17	12	10	-	-	-	6	-	8	7	10	9	4	23	8	20	20	18	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	-	2	3	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 13							Thursday 14								Fri	Thu	Fri	Thu		Fri
	11AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	2PM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Croatan 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	Croatan Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW
Period(s)	5	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	19	5	5	6	16	7	16	7	7	14
Energy	42	98	77	77	76	77	82	76	75	113	142	282	682	46	54	59	825	62	795	75	59	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55							6:02AM 0.98				7:57PM 0.57		12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 0.04		5:32AM 0.33					6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			12:07AM -0.00				12:02PM -0.05	5:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	15	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	21	16	15	15	20	16	19	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	21	15	14	14	20	15	19	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	5	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	19	7	5	6	16	7	16	7	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	13	10	7	7	-	14	-	10	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 SE	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	0.8 N	0.4 NE	0.6 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	2	3	4	3	3	4	3

	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13
	9AM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2:30PM	2AM	4:30PM	4AM	5AM	7:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Croatan Virginia	Croatan 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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	16	6	5	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	93	43	42	109	139	98	96	95	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	79	78	77	76	83	82	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															12:23PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)			10:26AM 0.04						5:32AM 0.33													6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	14	15	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	13	14	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	6	5	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3

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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