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	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed		Thu
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.1 SW	-	2.2 W	0.4 ENE	2.0 W	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 E	0.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	-	6	-	8	12	7	6	8	11	8	8	8	9	13	10	18	16	8	13	5	7	8
Energy(?)	0	80	0	579	60	366	124	119	71	144	187	598	179	146	278	64	77	82	24	51	191	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 1.41		8:17PM 0.41		6:37PM 0.99		7:37AM 1.00		9:42PM 0.39	7:46AM 1.26	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:35AM 1.20		9:05PM 0.95	9:26AM 1.12	n/a n/a	10:35PM 0.69	n/a n/a		8:23PM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)			12:47AM -0.01		6:27AM -0.14		12:14AM -0.04		2:23PM -0.12			n/a n/a	n/a n/a		3:07PM -0.25	3:07AM -0.19		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	5:33PM -0.07	2:18AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	15	-8	9	-5	14	-5	-9	10	7	9	5	-9	18	11	12	20	11	14	5	4
Low °C	11	7	15	-10	7	-6	11	-7	-10	3	4	7	5	-9	17	6	10	20	10	11	3	3
Chill °C (?)	11	9	14	-14	6	-11	13	-13	-17	6	4	7	2	-18	18	10	11	20	8	14	2	2
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	7:52
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:43	-	4:45	-	-	-	5:14	-	4:46	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	1.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	12	-	12	8	9	8	8	9	7	13	10	6	5	8	9	6	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.4 S	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	10	11	11	8	8	-	7	-	10	16	18	13	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	2.2 W	0.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	1.6 NE	0.6 N	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	3	8	3	7	6	7	3	6	4	8	9	3	-	-	-	6	4	5	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	9PM	2AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Galveston Texas
Rating	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	-	12	12	-	-	6	6	7	7	3	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	6	6	7	6	6
Energy(?)	0	439	387	0	0	51	51	62	53	8	76	477	454	59	53	51	53	261	223	258	51	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	low	low-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high-ebb	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	low	-	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 0.38							6:05PM 0.61				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			6:27PM 0.89		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	7:37AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		11:45PM 0.13		5:49AM -0.14		11:40AM 0.03						n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:41PM -0.23				n/a n/a	1:11AM -0.19	n/a n/a		9:45AM -0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	13	-4	-3	11	11	14	12	10	10	17	6	-10	-7	9	11	11	10	-8	12	-10	10	19
Chill °C (?)	11	-8	-6	9	9	13	10	9	10	16	3	-14	-11	6	9	9	8	-14	11	-16	9	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	12	6	7	7	-	6	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	6	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	11	8	-	-	12	11	12	15	-	13	-	-	6	6	7	7	-	12	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 N	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.4 W	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	3	4	10	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	3	3	2	2	6	6	7	-	2

	Wednesday 31					Thursday 01
	7PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Galveston Texas
Rating	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	-	12	12	-	-	6	4	5	5	-	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	4	6	4	6	3
Energy(?)	0	379	418	0	0	62	41	74	89	0	15	3	1	16	16	16	16	17	74	17	76	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:03AM 1.22	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)												n/a n/a	n/a n/a				11:45AM -0.15	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	-3	-2	13	13	10	8	9	9	12	6	-13	-14	6	6	7	7	-11	11	-10	11	18
Chill °C (?)	9	-8	-7	11	11	8	4	5	5	10	1	-22	-23	1	1	2	3	-20	9	-18	9	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.9 SW	-	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	6	12	12	12	-	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	-	6	-	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	9	11	-	-	13	-	-	12	-	16	-	-	7	7	7	16	-	11	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 NW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	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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