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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	Saturday 17			Sun		Mon				Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Sat
	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	South Padre Island Texas	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.9 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 E	0.6 SE	1.8 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	-	8	6	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	10	0	98	39	290	480	79	64	51	44	114	60	68	166	81	538	76	90	76	127	78	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:51PM 0.63		8:15AM 0.82		8:32PM 0.66	8:52AM 0.84		9:06PM 1.49	8:51AM 1.31	12:44PM 0.74		10:43AM 1.23		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:21AM 1.08		10:07PM 1.19		11:22PM 1.24	10:55PM 1.24	11:38AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)	2:04PM 0.02	1:47AM -0.03		2:42PM -0.01	2:29AM -0.04		2:55PM 0.18	2:56AM 0.39		6:01AM 0.05	2:44PM -0.07		3:55PM 0.15	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		3:36PM -0.14		5:21PM 0.64			5:49AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy snow	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	8	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	6	7	8	-3	1	6	8	5	3	-8	4	12	18	13	24	6	1	8	10	16	17
Low °C	6	1	5	7	-4	1	4	5	-1	0	-8	2	6	18	8	23	3	0	5	9	14	15
Chill °C (?)	4	1	6	5	-8	-6	3	5	2	0	-16	0	11	18	12	24	3	-4	6	9	16	17
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	7:39	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	1.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 E	0.6 SE	1.8 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	-	8	6	-	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	10	9	10	7	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	1.1 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 N	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	7	5	5	9	5	11	-	5	7	5	10	-	4	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	3.0 SSW	-	0.3 N	1.8 WSW	1.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.9 WNW	0.5 NNE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	10	-	2	7	6	6	5	3	4	4	3	4	-	-	-	3	3	5	-	-	4

	Saturday 17					Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Madaket Massachusetts	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 NW	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	1.6 S	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.0 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	12	7	8
Energy(?)	1199	924	654	477	361	254	582	465	788	209	41	87	360	532	702	44	54	51	282	373	40	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:51PM 0.63				7:46AM 1.66		11:25AM 0.73		7:30PM 1.39	8:21PM 1.47	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:43AM 1.37				8:05PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			2:04PM 0.02			1:47AM -0.03					1:35PM -0.02			n/a n/a	n/a n/a				2:26PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	18	19	3	2	0	2	6	1	0	-6	-6	-3	2	6	0	-1	6	4
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	17	19	0	0	-3	-2	3	-2	-4	-8	-6	-8	-3	3	-5	-6	5	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	1.6 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.0 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	-	-	9	8	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 E	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	7	3	3	4	4	2	-	3

	Saturday 17																Sunday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Madaket Massachusetts	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 NW	1.6 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.3 S	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	2.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	11	6	6	11	10	7	7	8	8	5	10	10	5	6
Energy(?)	1433	1287	1199	1070	466	924	700	797	1496	193	47	175	1057	374	471	119	7	27	103	92	20	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)										4:38PM 0.02				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			12:30AM -0.06	2:09AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	2	3	0	7	15	-3	6	1	-1	7	15	14	5	5	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	-3	-1	-6	2	14	-8	1	-6	-9	7	15	14	0	-1	9	9
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SW	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	8	11	10	-	-	8	5	5	10	10	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	10	7	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	4	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	6	6	4	10	7	7	-	6	-	4	4	-	6

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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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