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 18			Fri		Saturday 20			Sun				Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	4	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 E	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	1.1 SE	1.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.7 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SE	2.3 NNW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	6	8	9	9	12	11	9	9	9	12	-	4	10	6	10	9	6	7	8
Energy(?)	1298	97	82	79	177	591	716	2533	427	1065	738	453	129	0	18	48	42	1359	171	54	44	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			6:47AM 1.55		7:03PM 0.55	7:27AM 0.84	8:01PM 1.43	8:38PM 0.68			8:28PM 1.55			8:36PM 0.84	9:03AM 1.21		9:07PM 0.99	9:29AM 1.43		10:19PM 0.57	10:39AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 0.02	11:41PM 0.05		1:38PM 0.06	1:03AM 0.03		1:50AM 0.47		7:55AM 0.02	2:16PM 0.12	2:45AM 0.03	8:39AM 0.03	2:33PM 0.04	2:22AM 0.06		3:39PM 0.21	2:48AM 0.04		4:46PM 0.04		4:23AM 0.04	5:24PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	11	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	20	20	22	23	18	17	1	-1	18	18	3	15	19	17	4	18	15	19	18	18	19
Low °C	3	19	19	21	21	17	13	-2	-3	17	18	1	13	15	16	4	16	15	18	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	1	20	20	22	23	17	16	-6	-6	17	18	-3	14	19	16	0	18	13	19	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:11	-	7:48	7:09	-	7:16	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	4:15	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	5:19	5:29	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	-	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 E	0.1 E	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	1.1 SE	1.9 NW	1.5 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	2.3 NNW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	8	16	9	12	11	9	9	6	12	-	-	10	-	10	9	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.9 SSE	1.4 E	1.2 E	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	11	10	9	-	5	-	-	8	-	12	6	9	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.3 SE	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	-	9	6	4	3	-	-	9	3	3	4	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Hunting Island Carolina South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Indicas Great Abaco	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 SE	2.1 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	10	9	9	9	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	246	224	271	43	62	64	362	74	79	246	527	83	612	164	164	517	755	222	275	180	150	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	high	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.87				6:49AM 0.83				6:50PM 1.69	7:06PM 1.55				7:04AM 1.20				7:42PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)				12:23AM 0.04													1:24PM 0.07				1:41AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	11	21	14	15	14	-1	19	21	17	20	19	15	21	22	25	16	14	10	8	5	4
Chill °C (?)	18	9	21	14	15	14	-5	19	21	17	20	18	14	21	22	25	15	13	8	5	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	6	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 S	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	3	11	11	10	-	-	11	-	4	16	19	19	17	9	9	9	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.8 SE	0.5 W	2.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N
Period (s)	4	6	10	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	7	3	7	2	2	-	8	-	3	3	3	3

	Wednesday 17										Thursday 18
	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Hunting Island Carolina South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Indicas Great Abaco	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.4 SW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SE	0.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	5	10	10	6	9	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	297	24	49	64	64	63	667	81	78	67	79	97	17	178	188	569	46	46	64	64	63	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:24PM 0.54		7:22PM 0.64										6:19AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	10	20	15	16	16	6	19	20	19	21	19	10	22	22	23	16	16	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	7	20	14	15	15	1	18	20	19	21	18	10	22	22	23	16	16	15	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	10	5	9	9	9	16	-	-	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	-	10	7	7	7	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	14	-	14	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SE	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.0 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	6	4	4	4	8	6	5	4	5	6	-	7	7	8	-	-	3	3	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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