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

	Sat		Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue		Wed				Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 NNW	0.9 ESE	2.4 NW	1.8 SW	1.9 NNW	2.0 W	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 E	2.0 WNW	1.2 SE	0.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 SE	1.1 E	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	5	8	6	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	11	7	5	10	7	10	6	9
Energy(?)	252	24	246	85	648	435	282	382	358	468	204	394	472	1728	93	383	76	11	182	102	195	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:40PM 0.18	3:52PM 1.43	4:23AM 1.69		4:49PM 1.47						6:15AM 2.18	n/a n/a	7:35AM 1.06	n/a n/a		8:17PM 0.42		8:38PM 1.66	8:36AM 1.87		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				9:58PM 0.33	10:41AM 0.26		10:48PM 0.31	10:40PM -0.08	9:32AM -0.11		11:02PM -0.12	1:00PM -0.03	n/a n/a		n/a n/a			2:25PM -0.07	2:30AM 0.21		8:17AM -0.13	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. snow	some clouds	light snow	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	24	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	-	20	13	3	-
High °C	1	18	20	20	-1	7	2	-4	19	12	3	2	20	2	17	-6	21	-4	14	18	6	25
Low °C	-2	16	20	20	-6	4	-3	-6	19	10	3	0	18	-5	13	-6	19	-6	8	5	5	25
Chill °C (?)	-4	18	20	20	-8	3	-5	-11	18	9	-4	-4	20	-4	17	-15	21	-11	12	18	3	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	7:33	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	5:23	-	4:34	-	-	-	4:54	-	4:39	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	1.3 NNW	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	-	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.7 WNW	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	-	8	6	-	7	8	-	7	7	8	9	9	-	6	-	-	10	10	6	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	-	10	6	-	-	7	-	7	7	8	9	10	-	11	-	-	7	-	10	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SE	1.5 E	-	2.4 NW	1.8 SW	1.9 NNW	2.0 W	1.5 SSW	-	1.4 NNE	0.6 NNW	-	3.5 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	1.2 SE	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	4	5	7	-	8	8	6	7	6	-	6	4	-	8	-	7	5	7	7	3	2	-

	Saturday 29			Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	3PM	6PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Hunting Island Carolina South	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	South Haven Lake Michigan	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 E	0.8 S	0.8 ESE	1.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSE	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	5	5	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	5	8	7	7	6	7	6	7	8	8	6	7
Energy(?)	37	38	79	58	187	118	69	75	62	116	42	74	429	65	87	81	51	95	66	142	102	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low-flow	mid-flow	low	low	-	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-
High Tide / height (m)					3:20AM 1.55								n/a n/a		n/a n/a							n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 0.36				9:42AM 0.38				9:20PM -0.02	10:21PM 0.04	n/a n/a		n/a n/a				10:53PM 0.29			n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	15	15	0	-1	-2	-3	-2	19	22	20	9	20	-1	22	-5	17	18	0	-3	-4	16	-6
Chill °C (?)	14	14	-5	-6	-6	-5	-2	19	22	20	6	20	-1	22	-7	16	17	-6	-9	-9	15	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.8 ESE	1.6 NNW	1.3 ESE	0.8 NW	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	5	8	7	7	6	-	-	7	8	8	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	11	-	-	10	5	-	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.4 W	-	1.4 NW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.8 W
Period (s)	5	5	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	7	-	6	7	6	3	3	3	4	7

	Saturday 29										Sunday 30
	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Hunting Island Carolina South	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	South Haven Lake Michigan	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.8 S	1.8 NNW	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SE	1.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	10	9	10	10	10	6	6	5	8	6	6	9	-	5	5	8	8	9	5	6
Energy(?)	44	36	189	152	569	532	471	135	27	25	5	119	243	489	0	27	25	33	25	81	25	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)													n/a n/a	3:52AM 0.84	n/a n/a							n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)							8:53PM 0.37	8:48PM 0.14					n/a n/a		n/a n/a		4:52AM 0.07			9:42AM 0.38		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	2	1	1	1	1	12	16	17	5	19	1	19	0	17	17	-2	-2	-2	18	-1
Chill °C (?)	14	14	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	9	16	16	2	19	-5	18	-6	16	16	-4	-4	-2	18	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 NE	-	1.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	10	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	8	6	-	9	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	1.1 E	1.8 S	0.7 ENE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	5	-	6	6	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	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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