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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	Wed		Thu		Fri				Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue		Wednesday 10
	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Indicas Great Abaco	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Delray Beach Florida - South
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.2 N	1.3 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	1.1 E	2.5 NE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	9	7	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	5	9
Energy(?)	47	54	124	96	315	201	117	88	41	79	238	65	75	173	12	158	794	223	495	930	62	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:00AM 1.95	7:44PM 1.64		8:50AM 1.23	7:29PM 1.49		8:08PM 0.71	8:42AM 1.08	n/a n/a	9:02PM 0.70	9:31AM 2.33		10:20PM 1.76		11:35PM 0.74	10:09PM 0.86			11:57PM 0.66	12:22PM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42AM 0.21	1:33PM -0.04		1:36AM 0.20	1:49PM 0.77		1:46PM -0.20	2:17AM -0.15		n/a n/a	3:12AM -0.13				10:58AM -0.08			6:30PM -0.02	5:41PM 0.10		6:09AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	10	5	7	-	4	1	-	4	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	6	4	10	13	20	14	10	7	5	8	25	6	24	25	7	4	7	13	10	19	5	23
Low °C	5	4	7	10	19	9	7	6	4	7	25	4	22	24	5	3	5	8	9	19	4	23
Chill °C (?)	4	2	8	11	20	12	8	4	3	6	25	3	24	25	3	-1	4	12	10	18	2	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	7:05	6:54	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	7:09	7:05	-
Sunset	4:39	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.2 N	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	1.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	9	10	6	10	10	9	9	8	7	9	8	8	15	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	-	0.9 NNW	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	7	5	10	6	4	5	9	6	9	8	5	5	-	15	-	9	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 SW	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 NNE	2.5 NE	0.7 N	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	6	4	8	4	-	7	5	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 N	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 WNW	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.4 N	0.7 SE	1.7 N	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	8	9	11	10	10	7	10	10	6	10	5	8	10	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	754	679	901	530	435	415	103	96	94	316	82	90	84	76	42	326	218	482	93	88	88	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:49PM 1.60				7:50AM 1.20				n/a n/a	7:15PM 0.71								7:50PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)				12:42AM 0.21					1:43PM -0.09	n/a n/a					7:04AM -0.14		1:36PM -0.12				2:17AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	3	3
Temp. °C	2	0	-1	1	-3	-2	4	10	12	-8	10	10	16	17	12	19	16	19	24	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	-3	-4	-4	-2	-8	-6	0	8	10	-11	8	9	15	17	10	19	15	19	24	3	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 N	1.2 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.4 N	0.5 SE	1.7 N	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	7	11	10	10	-	10	10	6	10	5	8	10	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	-	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	9	7	6	6	-	6	-	5	5	5	7	10	9	4	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	1.1 E	-	0.7 SE	-	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	4	-	6	-

	Wednesday 03										Thursday 04
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hunting Island Carolina South	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 S	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	3.0 NW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.6 W	0.6 SE	1.5 W	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	11	8	11	8	6	8	5	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	782	797	754	740	2718	2622	48	97	97	1133	116	34	1	34	1	565	109	516	84	101	124	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a								7:35AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a		12:29AM -0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	2	1	1	1	4	7	7	-1	7	9	15	10	13	20	8	20	18	5	7	8
Chill °C (?)	-2	-3	-3	-4	-6	-6	1	5	5	-8	5	8	14	9	12	20	5	20	18	3	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 S	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.6 W	0.6 SE	1.5 W	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	11	6	11	8	6	8	5	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	7	7	-	7	5	-	5	-	9	7	9	5	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 N	1.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	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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