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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	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	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	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 SE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	8	8	9	9	9	5	5	9	9	9	8	8	5	6
Energy	41	83	68	56	134	51	33	60	42	36	35	32	37	131	65	27	25	31	36	67	137	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 0.85		11:08PM 1.07	11:36AM 0.82		11:50PM 1.03	12:18PM 0.81		12:32AM 1.00	1:02PM 0.81		1:17AM 0.97	1:53PM 0.83		2:11AM 0.94		2:59PM 0.87	3:14AM 0.93		3:55PM 0.97	4:13AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 0.18		5:36AM 0.13	5:24PM 0.22		6:20AM 0.16	6:13PM 0.24		7:04AM 0.17	7:03PM 0.25		7:52AM 0.17		8:01PM 0.25	10:41AM 0.08		9:06PM 0.22	9:34AM 0.11		10:08PM 0.16	10:23AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	2	-	2	12	-
High °C	21	25	20	21	20	21	15	12	12	14	15	14	21	26	25	20	20	19	18	14	13	13
Low °C	16	24	17	18	18	19	13	11	11	13	14	13	15	24	20	19	19	18	18	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	21	25	20	21	20	21	14	10	10	13	15	13	21	26	25	20	20	19	18	12	10	11
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	5	9	5	9	9	6	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 W	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	8	9	-	10	3	9	8	8	4	-	-	9	12	9	11	11	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.9 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 N	0.8 NNE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	3	2	4	4	4	-	3	4	5	5	3	3	4	2	4	5	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	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	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 NE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	7
Energy	59	43	41	30	83	82	79	68	51	49	56	47	62	53	57	97	40	27	33	50	60	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:54AM 0.85					11:08PM 1.07				11:36AM 0.82				1:10AM 0.46				12:18PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)	4:52AM 0.10				4:38PM 0.18					5:36AM 0.13				5:24PM 0.22				6:20AM 0.16				6:13PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	1	2	6	4
Temp. °C	15	16	21	24	25	20	19	18	17	18	21	23	23	21	20	17	19	15	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	15	21	24	25	20	18	17	16	17	21	23	23	21	20	17	19	14	11	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	-	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	-	10	10	10	3	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	6	-	3	3	2	4	4	4

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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	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	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	9	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy	56	58	59	50	43	43	45	49	41	44	36	30	40	9	83	194	86	82	79	79	79	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									10:54AM 0.85													11:08PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)			4:52AM 0.10												4:38PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	16	18	20	21	23	24	24	24	25	25	18	22	20	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	20	21	23	24	24	24	25	25	17	22	20	20	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	-	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	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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