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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	Sat		Sunday 23			Mon				Tue		Wed				Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Port Aransas Texas	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Beauregard Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 NNW	1.0 NW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	6	8	8	8	6	6	8	7	6	6	4	6	5	5
Energy(?)	22	59	75	97	122	88	74	2	107	359	257	26	179	67	75	141	2	2	31	33	31	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:44PM 1.31	9:40AM 1.61	9:10AM 1.51		9:04PM 1.31	10:21AM 0.83		9:54PM 1.00	10:34AM 1.42	11:55PM 1.33	11:49AM 1.47		11:21PM 1.15			1:39AM 1.39	1:43PM 1.41		2:34AM 1.47		2:48PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	3:04PM 0.86	3:59AM 0.11			3:26PM 0.33	3:01AM 0.20		5:12PM 0.15	3:36AM 0.22			5:41AM 0.59	6:24PM 0.37		6:45AM 0.27	7:14PM 0.38		7:40AM 0.57		8:07PM 0.37	8:46AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	2	3	5	4	3	22	25	18	19	8	9	23	25	8	16	11	13	16	16	19
Low °C	21	23	0	2	2	3	3	22	24	18	18	8	7	21	25	7	14	9	10	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	24	24	-2	-3	3	4	-1	22	25	18	19	6	9	23	25	6	15	8	11	15	15	18
Sunrise	6:48	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	5:05	-	4:20	-	-	4:44	4:50	-	5:14	-	-	-	5:02	-	4:17	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 S	-	1.5 NNW	1.0 NW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	5	-	8	8	8	6	6	8	7	6	6	-	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	9	8	7	-	-	10	8	-	9	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 SE	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	-	1.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 E	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	4	5	3	4	-	-	3	2	6	-	-	4	6	4	-	7	4	4	4	-	5	5

	Saturday 22					Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
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 (?)	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	161	136	74	41	55	50	41	40	48	52	87	83	108	116	131	100	88	80	74	65	54	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 1.05				8:28PM 1.03				8:55AM 1.51				10:26PM 1.37				10:20AM 1.57					11:09PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			3:34PM 0.24				3:16AM 0.10				4:14PM 0.27				4:38AM 0.14				4:55PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	6	23	18	19	14	13	14	18	4	2	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	2	1	0
Chill °C (?)	2	4	4	23	18	19	12	11	13	18	1	-1	0	-1	-2	4	1	-1	-2	-2	-4	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	6	6	8	6	6	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	4	8	6	8	8	11	8	8	6	5	7	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	3	3	-	6	-	6	4	4	5	5	2	2	4	2	2	-	-	-	3	3	3	3

	Saturday 22															Sunday 23
	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Long Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
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 (?)	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	5	5	5	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	204	204	85	4	48	44	89	107	47	6	55	55	55	82	64	48	32	32	32	26	26	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				3:30AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	9	21	21	22	22	22	25	23	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0
Chill °C (?)	1	3	6	21	21	22	22	22	25	23	3	3	2	2	0	-2	-3	-3	-3	-4	-5	-5
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	3	3	6	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	2	2	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	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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