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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Chicahauk Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	12	12	8	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	3
Energy(?)	40	82	43	49	36	167	166	46	60	160	150	218	195	126	133	235	254	85	72	111	173	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:46PM 1.18		6:20AM 1.10	6:35PM 1.20		7:02AM 1.02	7:31PM 1.19		7:46AM 1.19	7:57PM 1.19		8:24AM 1.21		9:38PM 1.61	9:20AM 0.96		9:13PM 1.09	9:39AM 1.25		10:12PM 0.75	10:40AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 0.11		12:20AM 0.02	12:26PM 0.07		1:13AM 0.20	1:08PM 0.07		1:45AM -0.02	1:58PM 0.04		2:22AM -0.01		3:32PM 0.22			3:46PM 0.16	3:17AM 0.24		4:20PM 0.19	4:07AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	5
High °C	20	22	23	22	24	28	27	16	14	28	16	16	28	17	16	24	23	25	23	23	17	27
Low °C	19	21	22	17	23	27	27	16	11	28	15	15	28	16	15	17	23	24	23	22	13	27
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	22	24	28	27	15	13	28	16	15	28	16	15	24	23	25	23	23	17	27
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	12	12	8	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 S	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	9	7	7	7	6	8	8	11	6	8	-	16	8	3	-	8	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	3	12	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	4	-	6	3

	Wed	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	142	117	116	98	76	62	47	65	57	43	59	45	40	99	59	173	126	48	41	150	166	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:28AM 1.03				6:02PM 1.21				6:20AM 1.10				7:00PM 0.96				7:19AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 0.06				11:40AM 0.29				12:20AM 0.02				1:30PM 0.37				1:13AM 0.20				1:21PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	24	22	20	28	28	22	22	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	24	22	20	28	28	22	22	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	7	-	9	6	-	9	10	10	10	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 E	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	173	145	142	142	144	113	50	95	116	95	98	98	98	32	32	112	95	62	72	117	117	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										5:28AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)				11:33PM 0.06												11:39AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	4	2
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	28	28	22	22	27	26	25
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	28	28	22	22	27	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	8	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	-	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	-	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	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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