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

	Tue		Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon		Tuesday 03
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Delray Beach Florida - South	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	South Haven Lake Michigan	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Beauregard Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Port Aransas Texas	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	4	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	0.4 E	0.9 N	2.2 WSW	1.8 NW	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	0.3 S	2.1 NW	1.5 N	2.2 N	0.3 SE	1.5 E	1.0 N	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.5 S	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	-
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	7	7	6	7	3	9	7	8	10	8	6	-	8	13	15	13	11	7	-
Energy(?)	624	54	82	446	317	102	90	1	810	230	596	24	379	74	0	48	71	6301	1191	340	286	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:26AM 1.65		4:09PM 1.37	4:34AM 1.69		5:20PM 1.43	5:01PM 1.16		4:55AM 1.12		6:37AM 1.80	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:23AM 1.76	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:08PM 1.05	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:56PM 0.98	n/a n/a	12:35PM 0.08
Low Tide / height (m)	8:57PM 0.43	10:06AM 0.30		10:08PM 0.44	11:02AM 0.24			10:10PM 0.08	11:35AM -0.13		1:10PM 0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:49PM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:10AM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:01AM -0.29	n/a n/a	1:42PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
High °C	16	6	-2	-7	-7	-4	-1	15	15	-11	-13	10	13	-12	-1	-3	-5	1	0	-4	18	11
Low °C	15	3	-2	-9	-8	-4	-2	13	14	-13	-17	8	13	-16	-6	-3	-8	1	-5	-6	18	10
Chill °C (?)	15	4	-7	-14	-15	-11	-4	14	14	-18	-20	6	10	-20	-8	-11	-12	-6	-7	-11	18	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	7:33	7:13	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:24	-	5:50	5:55	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:40	-	5:28	-	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.9 NNE	-	2.1 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.5 E	-	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.5 S	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	10	6	9	-	-	11	7	-	9	-	-	15	8	-	6	8	13	15	13	11	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 E	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	11	-	-	8	11	-	15	-	-	10	15	-	-	10	8	9	9	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	0.3 NW	0.9 N	2.2 WSW	1.8 NW	1.1 N	-	0.3 S	-	1.5 N	2.2 N	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 N	0.8 NNW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	1.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	2	6	7	7	6	-	3	-	7	8	7	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	7	-

	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	1st street Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Chicahauk Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	0.5 SW	1.6 W	0.9 NNE	0.6 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NNE	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	-	9	7	5	9	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	3
Energy(?)	615	513	753	227	312	227	56	89	62	0	57	240	52	105	201	162	90	145	144	42	61	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high-flow	low	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	low	-	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 1.35				3:15AM 1.59				3:06PM 0.72			n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 0.46				9:52AM 0.08				10:08PM 0.44	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:17PM -0.19	n/a n/a	5:55AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-7	-9	-10	-8	-12	-13	4	-2	-1	9	-11	-15	-15	-12	-10	-7	-2	-8	-11	-1	-17	13
Chill °C (?)	-13	-14	-15	-14	-18	-20	1	-6	-4	6	-17	-15	-20	-19	-15	-7	-6	-14	-16	-3	-17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	-	9	-	6	9	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	3
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	4	9	7	9	9	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NW	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.6 W	0.9 NNE	0.6 W	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	1.1 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	2	4	2	5	-	-	-	3	7	5	3	6	6	-	6	6	-	5	-

	Tuesday 27										Wednesday 28
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	1st street Carolina North	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Chicahauk Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.9 S	2.2 W	2.5 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.2 ESE	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 N	1.7 NNW	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	6	9	9	7	10	8	8	10	6	6	11	6	6	6	7	-
Energy(?)	522	567	587	581	759	843	63	49	49	1	227	643	1003	344	131	119	19	148	154	82	270	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 1.35										n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:15AM 1.59	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)								8:03PM 0.10				n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	-6	-8	-8	-10	-11	5	2	2	6	-7	-12	-9	-12	-8	-8	-2	-8	-8	-2	-8	4
Chill °C (?)	-13	-13	-16	-13	-16	-17	5	-4	-4	3	-13	-20	-18	-18	-16	-16	-9	-16	-17	-8	-16	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.9 S	-	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	6	9	9	-	10	-	8	10	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 S	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	6	6	7	8	-	-	4	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.3 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 NW	0.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 N	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 N	1.7 NNW	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	4	4	-	4	4	-	2	8	8	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	-

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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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