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

	Monday 16			Tue		Wed				Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.1 S	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 E	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.2 E	0.7 S	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	8	8	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	5	13	6	6	5	9	7	7	8
Energy(?)	120	268	933	429	244	854	499	263	569	982	631	702	535	41	300	170	75	109	27	15	6	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:35PM 1.33	7:51AM 1.33	7:16AM 1.48		8:10PM 0.67	7:43AM 1.06		8:03PM 0.99	8:22AM 1.04	9:50PM 1.74	10:06AM 1.69		10:30PM 1.76	10:50AM 1.63		11:21PM 1.29	1:50AM 3.04		12:01AM 1.72	11:05PM 1.12	11:39AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)	12:49PM 0.29		1:58PM 0.10		1:16PM -0.21	2:26AM -0.11		1:58PM -0.20	2:12AM -0.19		4:00AM 0.19		4:15PM 0.15	4:44AM 0.18		4:57PM 0.38		7:36PM -0.09	5:41PM 0.28			5:39AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	1	-	-	-
High °C	0	7	3	0	-4	2	3	14	22	24	24	23	23	13	23	-4	20	9	23	13	9	5
Low °C	-1	6	2	0	-4	-1	2	13	19	24	23	22	23	12	23	-6	15	7	22	12	0	0
Chill °C (?)	-3	3	1	-4	-10	-3	-1	12	22	24	24	23	23	12	23	-9	20	5	23	10	5	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	6:35	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:22
Sunset	5:27	5:50	-	5:49	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:43	-	5:53	6:00	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 S	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 E	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.2 E	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	9	10	8	8	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	5	13	6	6	7	9	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	6	9	9	12	15	10	9	14	6	7	7	7	8	5	9	7	9	5	5	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.1 S	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 NE	0.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	3	3	6	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	9	5	3	4	4	4

	Monday 16					Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu
	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	9	8	11	10	10	11	11	8	9	9	11	11	10	10	12	10	11	12	12
Energy(?)	181	140	112	256	237	639	820	799	722	611	429	679	889	1525	1289	848	876	367	612	528	243	258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:57PM 1.16					7:07AM 1.06				8:36PM 1.61				9:25AM 1.28	11:23AM 3.01			8:04PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		12:49PM 0.29									2:24PM 0.15				2:35AM 0.27				3:00PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	0	2	7	4	2	3	4	8	0	-1	-3	-6	-5	-4	-1	2	0	-3	14	13
Chill °C (?)	4	8	-2	-1	5	1	1	1	1	7	-3	-4	-7	-10	-9	-9	-5	0	-6	-8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	8	7	9	8	11	10	10	11	11	8	9	9	11	11	10	10	12	10	11	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	12	11	11	13	10	16	16	9	9	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	4	3

	Monday 16	Tuesday 17
	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 S	1.3 S	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	7	8	9	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	10	3	8	8	4	4	4	10	10
Energy(?)	252	215	51	142	143	276	618	632	617	617	10	10	12	10	13	154	158	3	35	43	441	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:59PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	-2	1	9	7	2	3	2	2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-5	-5	0	-3	-3	1	2
Chill °C (?)	5	6	-6	-5	6	2	-5	-4	-5	-5	-6	-5	-5	-6	-6	-8	-9	-2	-9	-9	-2	-1
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 E	-	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	6	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	4	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	9	13	13	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	1.3 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	7	4	5	7	7	7	7	2	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

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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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