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

	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 N	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.4 S	0.5 E	1.2 SE	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	10	7	9	6	8
Energy(?)	823	919	484	327	57	65	130	88	42	62	81	232	38	27	343	357	652	84	135	527	228	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:03PM 1.39		5:14AM 1.54			6:12AM 1.50		6:54PM 1.55	7:07AM 1.54		7:29PM 1.46	7:49AM 1.34	7:26PM 1.21		7:41AM 1.15		8:03PM 1.58	9:22AM 1.31		1:06AM 0.10	9:44AM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 0.10		11:01PM 0.51	11:47AM 0.30		12:06AM 0.46		12:43PM 0.26	1:02AM 0.37		1:21PM 0.23	1:46AM 0.19			1:42AM -0.05		3:00PM 0.37	2:17AM -0.26	3:21AM 0.50		7:13PM 2:02AM 0.03 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-
High °C	4	2	-2	-6	7	-9	16	11	19	20	19	4	1	23	17	18	15	19	22	4	13	1
Low °C	3	2	-9	-7	5	-9	16	8	19	19	18	3	-1	22	16	17	14	19	21	4	10	-4
Chill °C (?)	0	-4	-7	-6	4	-16	14	9	19	20	19	0	1	23	16	17	13	18	22	0	11	-4
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 SE	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.5 E	1.2 SE	1.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	8	-	7	6	-	7	8	7	-	8	10	-	10	7	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	6	-	-	14	-	-	10	11	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	7	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.3 ESE	-	-	1.0 SE	-	1.6 SSW	0.7 N	0.7 SSE	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.4 S	1.4 ESE	-	0.6 NE	1.4 S	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	6	6	-	-	6	-	7	4	6	8	8	8	8	-	4	6	6

	Friday 27						Saturday 28									Sunday 29
	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 N	1.4 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	5	8	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	790	823	716	599	407	626	484	248	315	265	207	210	210	96	48	43	50	260	44	116	91	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:03AM 1.42				5:03PM 1.39				5:07AM 1.46				5:44PM 1.35					5:35AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.52				11:36AM 0.31					11:11PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	4	3	3	2	-2	-6	-6	-9	-9	-5	-5	-5	7	7	6	-9	9	-5	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	0	-2	-2	-3	-7	-12	-12	-16	-16	-9	-10	-12	6	6	4	-14	7	-8	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	8	-	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	8	8	8	7	-	8	4	5	9	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	1.4 E	-	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	7	7	7

	Friday 27
	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.7 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	7	7	9	5	9	6	6	6
Energy(?)	366	616	674	674	830	1081	1106	702	1182	1079	997	958	978	78	78	63	551	57	607	2	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 1.54												3:51PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)								10:41AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	5	6	6	6	3	2	2	1	2	2	-1	-2	7	6	5	-5	20	-6	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	11	1	2	3	3	-2	-3	-3	-4	-3	-4	-9	-10	4	2	1	-14	20	-15	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	7	7	10	7	10	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	8	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.6 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.7 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	9	2	2	2

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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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