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

	Wed		Thu				Fri		Sat				Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue		Wed
	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Manitoulin Island Lake Huron	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.7 SE	1.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 E	0.9 NE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.4 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	8	8	12	10	11	12	11	7	5	5	10	12	11	9	8	10	9	-
Energy(?)	149	401	183	480	136	125	526	301	293	242	243	162	63	113	234	86	365	213	224	404	268	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49AM 1.77		2:10AM 2.53		2:15PM 2.77	2:55AM 2.60	11:44AM 0.90	1:01AM 1.53	4:00AM 2.49		1:43AM 1.55		2:09PM 1.38	2:24AM 1.32	2:32AM 1.11		2:34PM 0.70	3:34AM 0.96		3:21PM 0.81		4:26AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.10	7:53PM 0.06	8:04AM 0.35		8:36PM 0.07	5:33AM 0.27		10:00PM 0.08	9:50AM 0.26		7:49AM 0.28		8:07PM 0.33	7:56PM -0.05	8:49AM 0.14		8:46PM 0.07	10:04AM 0.19		9:35PM 0.03	10:58AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-3	-5	-2	23	22	22	22	-6	22	-5	4	-5	3	23	24	23	23	2	-1	0	7
Low °C	-5	-3	-6	-3	23	22	22	22	-8	19	-5	-1	-7	1	23	20	23	23	1	-2	-2	2
Chill °C (?)	-12	-8	-10	-9	23	22	22	22	-14	22	-12	0	-10	-1	23	24	23	23	-4	-7	-4	6
Sunrise	7:11	-	7:48	-	-	-	6:50	-	7:52	7:07	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	7:52	6:46
Sunset	-	4:07	-	4:22	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:23	-	4:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 E	0.9 NE	1.0 E	0.2 S	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	10	8	8	12	10	11	12	11	5	-	-	10	12	11	9	8	10	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SE	0.4 S	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	10	7	6	8	9	8	7	8	9	-	-	11	5	8	5	8	9	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 NW	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.4 WNW	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	3	4	8	9	-	-	3	3	3	7	5	5	10	-	-	-	4	3	3	2

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 N	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	11	10	10	9	13
Energy(?)	74	54	401	341	273	240	218	209	220	151	304	521	287	399	79	87	526	529	415	301	263	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:49AM 1.77	1:30PM 2.81											11:45PM 1.38				11:51AM 0.82				12:33AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)					7:53PM 0.06			5:23AM 0.48	8:41AM 0.33			5:19PM 0.24				5:39AM 0.14				5:52PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	-3	-3	-4	-4	22	-6	0	1	-5	-3	-5	-2	19	18	22	22	23	9	22	22
Chill °C (?)	19	23	-8	-7	-6	-9	22	-9	-5	-3	-8	-9	-12	-8	19	18	22	22	23	7	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 NE	0.5 E	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 N	1.3 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	9	12	11	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.8 E	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	10	-	4	9	12	9	11	9	7	8	8	8	-	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	6	8	8	6	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9
Energy(?)	74	74	149	216	269	368	366	180	669	412	75	12	80	10	99	99	285	253	245	145	218	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																10:48PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:37AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	-5	-5	-4	-4	22	-4	-2	-4	-5	-5	-5	-4	21	21	22	22	22	8	22	23
Chill °C (?)	18	19	-14	-14	-12	-12	22	-11	-7	-9	-12	-13	-12	-12	21	21	22	22	22	7	22	23
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	4:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	0.1 SE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	11	8	8	6	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 E	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	10	7	10	-	-	9	9	9	10	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	1.6 ENE	0.9 N	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	6	5	-	4	5	4	5	-	-	8	7	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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