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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Virginia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue				Wed		Thursday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Chicahauk Carolina North	Nags Head Pier Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Union Bay Lake Superior	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY
Rating	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.8 N	0.5 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.7 NE	2.5 E	1.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 N	2.3 ESE	2.2 SSW	-	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	9	9	8	6	8	7	8	6	7	9	8	8	6	5	6	8	10	-	8
Energy(?)	603	207	1106	795	310	116	78	44	70	68	102	94	637	718	189	31	30	33	645	913	0	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 0.81	3:18PM 1.26				6:08PM 1.46	9:17AM 2.66		6:54PM 1.55	7:07AM 1.54		7:39PM 1.62	7:54AM 1.58		8:18PM 1.67	8:37AM 1.60		9:02PM 1.73	9:22AM 1.31		10:13PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	10:08PM 0.05	11:16AM 0.08		2:06AM 0.34	10:54AM 0.11		12:09AM 0.45		12:43PM 0.26	1:02AM 0.37		1:09PM 0.20	1:49AM 0.29		2:04PM 0.21	2:31AM 0.22		2:01PM -0.07		3:21AM 0.50	3:39PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy snow	mod. snow	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	-
High °C	7	9	4	-1	-5	-5	-9	-6	10	15	17	18	16	3	16	21	22	-3	2	5	12	18
Low °C	4	6	3	-9	-9	-5	-9	-8	7	12	16	18	15	1	16	21	21	-5	-3	4	11	14
Chill °C (?)	3	5	-1	-6	-9	-10	-16	-12	7	14	17	18	15	-2	16	21	22	-11	0	3	9	17
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	7:07	-	7:29	-	-	7:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 N	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.7 NE	-	1.1 NE	0.7 SSE	-	0.5 N	2.3 ESE	2.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	9	8	8	6	7	8	6	7	9	-	8	6	-	6	8	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.5 N	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	-	9	10	8	8	8	15	5	9	9	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	2.5 E	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.3 S
Period (s)	8	3	3	3	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	5	3	-	-	5	8

	Thu		Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.2 NNE	1.3 SE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.7 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	6	6	8
Energy(?)	503	434	207	148	401	847	750	99	459	690	795	725	371	310	217	183	156	45	61	61	118	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:02PM 0.67				3:22AM 0.96				5:03PM 1.39				5:07AM 1.46				6:00PM 1.47					7:26AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41PM 0.18	12:51AM 0.36			10:41AM 0.32	1:48PM 0.10			10:58PM 0.52				11:36AM 0.31					12:15AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	3	10	13	4	4	5	2	-1	-5	-7	-9	-9	-5	-3	-3	7	-5	-9	-9	-8
Chill °C (?)	20	20	0	8	12	0	-1	3	-3	-6	-12	-15	-16	-16	-9	-5	-7	5	-10	-15	-14	-13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 SE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.7 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.0 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	6	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	10	9	10	8	8	9	9	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 NE	-	0.5 N	-	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	-	4	-	6	6	-

	Thursday 26								Friday 27
	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.2 S	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	6	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	9	8	11	11
Energy(?)	603	533	84	90	226	531	531	189	603	847	911	731	1121	1365	1518	1518	1437	165	792	277	239	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 0.67											3:52AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)							9:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	1	15	9	4	5	11	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	17	3	0	-1	-1
Chill °C (?)	19	20	-3	14	5	-1	1	9	0	-1	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	16	-1	-7	-8	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.3 SE	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.2 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	6	9	13	13	7	10	13	13	8	-	-	-	-	9	6	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	9	7	13	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	-	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	7	7	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	5	-	4	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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