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			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon		Tuesday 19			Wed
	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
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	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Croatan Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	81st Street Virginia	81st Street Virginia	North End Virginia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Chincoteague 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	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	13	17	5	18	6	7	14	8	9	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	12	11	18	19	17	16
Energy	78	92	58	1018	64	44	466	69	72	47	47	129	75	50	59	55	172	405	1092	600	436	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:01AM 0.55		12:32PM 0.85	6:31PM 1.30		12:55PM 1.00	7:23PM 1.39		8:31AM 0.88		8:54PM 1.14	8:42AM 1.03		10:24PM 0.63	11:04AM 0.49	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40		3:50PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.37	12:04AM 0.01			1:01AM -0.08			1:56AM -0.14		2:07PM -0.08	3:07AM -0.09		2:37PM -0.15		5:31AM -0.06	9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	17	21	17	16	19	19	17	21	27	27	25	31	26	25	16	15	15	14	15	16
Low °C	22	19	16	20	15	11	16	16	15	16	26	19	20	30	23	22	15	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	22	20	16	21	17	15	18	19	17	21	27	27	25	31	26	25	15	14	14	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:28	8:02	-	5:27	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	7	18	6	7	14	8	9	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	12	11	18	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	17	10	3	10	13	5	4	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	20	19	22	19	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.9 SE	-	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.4 N	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	-	4	4	3	-	2	3	4	6	3	-	-	-	5	11	18	11	3	-

	Wednesday 13				Thursday 14								Fri		Thu	Friday 15					Sat	Fri
	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	2AM	5AM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	5PM	9:30AM	12:30PM	2AM	5AM	9:30PM	0:30AM	2PM
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	Camp Pendleton Virginia	Camp Pendleton 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Croatan Virginia	Camp Pendleton Virginia	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	19	5	6	16	16	16	6	15	15	7	8	14	14	8
Energy	76	78	82	77	92	112	140	281	681	58	58	1065	909	813	64	594	558	44	61	379	304	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55									12:41AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			12:04AM 0.01		7:28PM 0.26						1:01AM -0.08		8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	21	17	16	21	20	18	17	18	18	12	11	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	21	17	16	21	20	18	17	18	17	10	9	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	19	7	6	16	16	16	6	15	15	7	8	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	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 E	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	13	10	7	-	-	5	10	5	-	13	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	-	-	-	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	6AM	7AM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	11AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	2PM	3PM	5:30AM	6:30AM	6PM
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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	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
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	76	76	76	80	79	78	77	83	82	59	59	77	76	76	92	90	88	112	127	144	140	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			12:23PM 0.70												12:01AM 0.55
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	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	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
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	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
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	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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