Virginia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Virginia wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Virginia region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 18			Fri				Sat		Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	1.3 E	0.7 SE	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	12	6	12	11	9	10	9	10	9	8	9	8
Energy(?)	122	64	83	40	48	36	201	3	42	52	157	184	164	251	318	110	148	160	109	179	122	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:39AM 1.05	5:46PM 1.18		6:20AM 1.10	6:35PM 1.20		7:18AM 1.18	7:22PM 1.19		7:46AM 1.19	7:57PM 1.19		8:30AM 1.26		9:38PM 1.61	9:54AM 1.69		9:45PM 0.73	9:39AM 1.25		10:34PM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38PM 0.30	11:40AM 0.29		12:20AM 0.02	12:26PM 0.07		1:04AM -0.00	1:28PM 0.23		1:45AM -0.02	1:58PM 0.04		2:22AM -0.01		3:32PM 0.22		3:42AM 0.25	4:09PM 0.21	3:39AM 0.15		3:56PM 0.33	4:45AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	19	20	23	23	22	24	27	28	16	13	28	26	14	28	25	24	28	21	21	28	26	25
Low °C	19	18	22	22	18	24	27	25	15	11	28	25	11	28	24	23	28	20	21	28	26	25
Chill °C (?)	19	20	23	23	22	24	27	28	15	12	28	26	13	28	25	24	28	21	21	28	26	25
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	0.2 NNE	0.4 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	6	9	7	6	7	6	12	7	8	6	6	-	10	10	8	12	8	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	1.3 E	0.5 SW	-	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	3	12	6	3	-	9	6	-	-	-	8	-	4

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
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 (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	107	115	142	122	96	99	86	58	58	59	59	45	46	48	54	62	77	66	143	41	41	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
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
High Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 1.21				5:28AM 1.03				5:46PM 1.18				6:33AM 1.12				7:37PM 1.62				7:49AM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)				11:33PM 0.06				11:40AM 0.29				12:20AM 0.02				1:30PM 0.37				1:13AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	22	23	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	17	28	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	22	23	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	16	28	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	4	9	9	9	7	-	-	9	5	-	3	9	6	7	8	5	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	2	2	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
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 (?)	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	137	109	171	171	173	172	145	117	117	142	125	122	122	88	29	29	30	30	92	67	64	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			4:49PM 1.15													6:41AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)										11:33PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	16	16	16	17	26	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	16	16	16	17	26	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	9	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	4	9	9	9	-	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	5	3	3	-

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Delaware	Massachusetts	Nova-Scotia
Iceland	New-Hampshire	Pennsylvania
Maine	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Maryland	New-York

British-Columbia	Minnesota	Washington
California	Oregon

Anguilla	Grenada	Puerto Rico
Aruba	Guadeloupe	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Barbados	Haiti	Saint Lucia
Bermuda	Martinique	Trinidad and Tobago
British Virgin Islands	Montserrat	US Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic	Netherlands Antilles	Venezuela

Alabama	Georgia-USA	Nicaragua
Belize	Guatemala	Panama
Costa Rica	Honduras	Texas
El Salvador	Louisiana
Florida	Mexico

Alabama	Lake Huron Canada	New Jersey
Bermuda	Lake Huron United States	North Carolina
Cape Breton Island	Lake Michigan	North Florida
Delaware	Lake Ontario Canada	Nova Scotia
Eleuthera Bahamas	Lake Ontario United States	Rhode Island
Florida	Long Island New York	South Carolina
Georgia	Louisiana	South Florida
Great Abaco Bahamas	Maine	Texas
Gulf Coast Florida	Maryland	Turks and Caicos Islands
Lake Erie Canada	Massachusetts	US East Coast
Lake Erie United States	New Hampshire	Virginia

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