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

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Madaket Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	1.3 NE	0.9 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	9	7	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	11	10	7	9	5	8	6	8	8	8	9
Energy	185	110	14	76	110	131	188	79	75	173	1060	1528	796	373	64	94	39	58	86	56	66	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:55AM 1.41	4:56PM 1.05		5:10AM 0.98	6:26PM 0.85		5:54AM 1.23	6:37PM 1.28	10:36PM 0.80	10:18AM 2.88		7:55PM 1.90	7:52AM 1.43	7:48PM 1.42		8:31AM 1.01		9:34PM 1.97	10:18AM 1.65		9:37PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.42	11:08AM 0.37		11:50PM 0.38	11:15AM -0.06		12:01AM 0.05	11:48AM -0.10		4:29AM -0.04		1:32PM 0.23	2:24AM 0.02			2:37AM -0.13	2:00PM -0.09	2:33PM -0.07		4:06AM -0.06	4:11PM 0.21	4:15AM -0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	26	9	26	31	26	19	27	13	9	10	8	8	21	22	22	25	16	18	20	24
Low °C	7	7	25	6	23	31	24	16	27	12	8	8	7	5	20	19	18	24	10	13	18	22
Chill °C (?)	13	7	26	6	26	31	26	19	27	13	6	8	6	7	21	22	22	25	15	18	20	24
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 NE	0.5 SSE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	0.1 E	0.9 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SE	2.0 SSE	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	7	4	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	11	8	7	9	5	5	6	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	-	2.0 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	5	7	15	11	7	6	-	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SE	1.3 NE	0.5 N	-	-	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	-	4	8	3	-	-	9	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	3	-	4

	Mon		Tuesday 12									Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Columbia St Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 SE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	8
Energy	464	362	292	283	141	137	91	88	114	80	66	67	60	58	60	109	120	133	137	108	84	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:43PM 1.44				4:55AM 1.41	7:33AM 2.62			5:32PM 1.56		8:04PM 2.75		5:53AM 1.46					6:26PM 0.85				6:00AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)			10:53PM 0.50				11:08AM 0.37								11:58AM 0.32	11:15AM -0.06				12:35AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	10	11	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	10	6	6	8	12	29	30	30	26	24	18	24
Chill °C (?)	9	10	5	5	6	5	7	10	10	8	10	3	3	6	10	29	30	30	26	24	18	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 SE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	15	7	7	7	7	4	6	6	7	7	5	10	3	4	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	3	2	4	-	7	3	4	3	4	6	6	-	-	3	3	3	2	-

	Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Delray Beach Florida - South	Columbia St Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	1.2 ENE	0.2 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	4	6	11
Energy	525	467	464	523	419	142	337	309	292	383	185	194	171	161	141	24	22	15	15	18	116	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 1.44				7:14PM 2.58								4:55AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)								10:53PM 0.50													10:13AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	10	12	13	10	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	23	23	26	27	28	16	26
Chill °C (?)	7	9	9	9	11	13	8	5	5	7	7	6	4	4	6	23	23	26	27	28	15	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	5	5	4	4	8	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SE	1.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	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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