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

	Sun		Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.9 E	0.6 ESE	1.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	1.8 NNW	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	7	8
Energy(?)	189	31	19	80	67	40	51	48	84	506	63	512	57	95	70	117	285	358	481	376	121	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:26AM 1.69			n/a n/a	8:04AM 1.13		9:44AM 1.69	9:19AM 1.20	9:59PM 1.50	11:14AM 1.25	9:27AM 1.34		10:37PM 0.67	10:53AM 0.71		10:55PM 1.24		12:28AM 1.64	12:18AM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)	4:59PM 0.01		2:43PM 0.17	1:29PM -0.08	n/a n/a		2:44PM -0.07			4:12AM 0.21			4:45PM -0.06		4:56AM -0.04	4:31PM -0.10		6:05PM 0.27			7:19AM 0.01	6:53PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light snow	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	1	4	8	8	6	4	5	3	8	18	5	23	9	12	2	11	-13	23	24	23	-6	-7
Low °C	0	2	3	7	0	1	4	2	4	17	4	23	9	7	-1	10	-16	23	23	22	-6	-7
Chill °C (?)	0	0	5	5	3	1	2	-1	6	17	0	23	7	11	-1	11	-23	23	24	23	-14	-14
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 NNW	0.6 ESE	1.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	-	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	5	8	9	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	6	9	8	8	5	5	5	11	13	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	6	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	1.9 E	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.6 N	0.4 NE	1.8 NNW	-	0.7 NNE	1.2 NE	1.0 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	4	3	-	4	3	4	3	3	3	6	6	3	5	3	4	3	7	-	6	6	5	4

	Sunday 18			Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SE	2.5 S	1.0 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	7	6	8	8	10	8	11	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	149	317	357	69	222	42	44	808	72	1753	303	40	47	48	56	48	54	294	241	48	60	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	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 Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 1.47		n/a n/a		7:51AM 1.44				8:15PM 1.39				8:57AM 0.81				9:43PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				12:44AM -0.04	n/a n/a				2:39PM 0.02				2:43AM -0.06				2:44PM -0.07				3:56AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	1	0	0	-7	-3	4	1	8	-1	-3	4	1	0	0	4	6	-7	-7	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	2	0	-4	-4	-10	-8	1	-3	5	-6	-8	2	-4	-5	-5	1	3	-14	-14	-1	-2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SE	2.5 S	1.0 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	8	11	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 N	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	-	4	7	6	8	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	10	10	5	5	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.6 NE	1.8 SW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NW	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 NE	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	2	4	6	4	5	-	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	3	3	3

	Sunday 18									Monday 19
	2PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.5 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	7	8	6	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	6	6	8	9	8
Energy(?)	135	377	516	100	210	90	42	249	39	319	68	43	93	88	91	49	51	172	176	74	101	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a		7:27PM 0.99												8:26AM 1.69	8:21AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a							12:59AM -0.09		2:02AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	3	2	1	-5	0	4	0	4	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	-1	2	3	5
Chill °C (?)	0	0	-1	-4	-10	-6	-1	-4	0	-4	0	-2	-2	-2	-3	0	0	-6	-6	0	0	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	-	8	6	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	8	6	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	8	6	8	6	-	-	6	8	8	8	9	5	8	8	7	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 NE	1.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.6 W	0.4 E	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	2	7	4	3	3	3	-	-	3	4	4	3	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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