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

	Thu		Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Beauregard Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Chicahauk Carolina North	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Chicahauk Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	2.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW	2.1 SSE	1.1 N	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	10	8	7	7	8	6	4	7	7	5	7	5	7
Energy	554	376	697	565	440	701	349	177	36	47	70	68	267	413	108	34	85	53	146	402	113	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 2.99	11:58AM 2.75		12:17AM 2.77	12:36PM 2.70		12:36AM 2.95	10:17AM 1.47		10:15PM 1.66	10:20AM 0.58		10:53PM 1.62	11:07AM 1.37		11:32PM 1.56	11:48AM 1.32		12:15AM 1.50		12:57PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	5:45PM 0.20		5:45AM -0.05	6:23PM 0.25		6:23AM -0.04	6:27PM 0.31		4:07AM 0.20	4:05PM 0.42			4:43PM 0.47		4:43AM 0.23	5:47PM 0.17		5:21AM 0.28		6:04PM 0.58	6:52AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	2	5	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	19	-	-	-	8	7	-	-
High °C	8	7	10	12	4	7	14	5	15	14	15	25	25	24	11	24	28	28	22	11	15	14
Low °C	8	7	7	10	3	6	12	4	10	13	14	25	24	24	8	23	24	24	20	9	15	13
Chill °C (?)	8	4	10	11	0	3	13	3	14	12	14	25	25	24	9	24	28	28	22	8	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	7:40	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	0.1 E	2.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.1 E	0.8 NNE	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	16	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	9	7	7	6	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	12	15	15	-	13	13	9	8	10	5	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	-	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 ESE	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	1.7 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.3 SW	2.1 SSE	1.1 N	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	3	4	3	-	7	8	6	4	3	3	5	7	5	2

	Thursday 30					Friday 01							Saturday 02								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 NNE	1.3 E	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE
Period(s)	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	772	669	554	587	508	376	340	292	597	565	518	196	483	512	1026	1018	400	475	428	320	270	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:17AM 2.78				11:26PM 2.99							9:04PM 1.70			8:59AM 1.35	9:38AM 1.50				9:39PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				5:45PM 0.20				5:45AM -0.05		2:53PM 0.36									3:26PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	8	10	10	12	25	7	6	4	4	13	8	9	11	9	7
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	7	10	9	11	25	5	4	3	4	12	5	6	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 NNE	1.3 SE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 E	0.4 NNE	1.3 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	15	15	8	8	9	-	-	13	4	10	10	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	2.2 SE	-	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	8	-	2	3	4	4	4

	Thursday 30	Friday 01
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 SE	1.0 NNE	2.3 SE	2.4 ESE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	2.5 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	5	8	9	9	8	8	7
Energy	788	1551	669	678	678	669	625	566	710	755	777	247	769	732	329	88	727	304	304	811	803	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				11:30AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)																		2:25AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	-	3	4	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2
High °C	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	6	25	6	7	4	2	8	5	5	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	7	4	5	7	7	8	8	8	1	1	2	25	2	3	-1	-2	4	0	0	6	6	4
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	9	-	9	9	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	18	9	-	18	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 SE	-	2.3 SE	2.4 ESE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	2.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	8	9	5	8	6	6	8	8	7

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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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