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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Damneck Naval Base 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 SE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	8	8	5	8	4	8	8	4	8	8	9	5	8	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	5
Energy	99	89	62	29	36	56	41	70	57	39	60	107	111	105	70	59	58	55	42	58	55	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:42AM 1.03		9:04PM 1.44	9:34AM 1.03		9:58PM 1.41	10:27AM 0.99		10:55PM 1.34	11:31AM 1.00		11:52PM 1.26	12:29PM 0.99		12:48AM 1.16	1:31PM 0.99		1:48AM 1.05		2:42PM 1.00	4:09AM 0.47
Low Tide / height (m)		2:36PM -0.16	3:36AM -0.16		3:27PM -0.13	4:32AM -0.13		4:24PM -0.08		5:32AM -0.09	5:28PM -0.02		6:30AM -0.05	6:34PM 0.04		7:27AM -0.01	7:42PM 0.09		8:26AM 0.02		10:29PM 0.09	9:23AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	2
High °C	25	30	28	27	30	26	26	29	25	26	30	26	18	14	15	20	24	24	26	30	21	20
Low °C	18	29	21	21	29	21	21	28	20	20	30	19	15	14	13	17	23	21	21	28	19	19
Chill °C (?)	25	30	28	27	30	26	26	29	25	26	30	26	18	12	14	20	24	24	26	30	21	20
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	5	8	8	6	6	6	4	5	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	5	14	13	13	14	16	15	15	9	14	14	8	8	8	6	6	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.7 SE	0.8 S	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	3	8	5	-	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	-	-	2	3	-	8	5	5

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	42nd St VA Beach Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Damneck Naval Base 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	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	5	8	8	6	8	8	8	4	5	5	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	108	51	72	135	99	100	89	68	69	62	42	37	29	49	36	62	60	56	50	46	41	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:14PM 1.44				8:42AM 1.03				9:04PM 1.44				9:34AM 1.03				9:58PM 1.41				10:27AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46AM -0.17				2:36PM -0.16				3:35AM -0.16				3:27PM -0.13				4:32AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	20	25	29	30	28	24	23	21	21	27	30	29	26	23	21	21	20	26	29
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	20	25	29	30	28	24	23	21	21	27	30	29	26	23	21	21	20	26	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	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
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	15	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	-	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	3	5	8	4	5	5	3	3	-	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	42nd St VA Beach Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	42nd St VA Beach Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	4	4	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	93	105	108	108	109	51	50	73	72	112	135	135	135	88	99	89	65	100	130	91	89	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:14PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)							2:46AM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	21	23	25	27	28	29	27	30	30	30
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	17	18	20	20	20	21	23	25	27	28	29	27	30	30	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 S	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	3	3	3	3	5	-	8	8	8

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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