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

	Sun				Mon		Tue				Wed		Thursday 16			Fri				Sat		Sun
	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Matagorda Texas	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.7 SE	1.3 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	1.1 S	1.6 NE	1.1 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.2 E	1.4 SSE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	5	5	8	8	4	8	6	8	9	12	6	6	8	8	8	5	8	6	11
Energy(?)	146	124	122	30	149	408	266	48	419	35	24	42	86	92	163	170	63	154	13	219	155	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)										7:35AM 1.27	6:43PM 1.27		7:09AM 1.15	7:28PM 1.26		11:51AM 2.80		8:10PM 1.37	8:41AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 0.14		11:22PM 0.10									1:09AM -0.04	1:14PM -0.03		6:01PM -0.01	5:55AM -0.27		2:53AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	6	9	17	21	24	11	12	14	6	21	9	23	18	26	15	16	25	10	21	24	24	19
Low °C	2	9	17	20	23	8	11	14	5	20	8	19	18	26	10	11	24	7	21	24	24	19
Chill °C (?)	2	6	16	21	24	9	11	12	4	21	8	23	18	26	15	16	25	9	21	24	24	19
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:30	7:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 E	-	0.4 ESE	-	1.4 S	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	1.1 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 NNE	1.4 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	9	-	8	9	8	6	4	9	8	8	-	8	8	8	5	12	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	8	15	12	10	-	10	-	13	4	-	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SE	1.3 S	1.9 S	-	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.1 S	1.6 NE	0.3 NW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	5	5	8	-	4	8	-	-	4	-	6	6	2	4	-	-	8	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 12							Monday 13									Tuesday 14
	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	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	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 NNW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 SE	1.4 SSE	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	5	7	9	6	6	8	8	8
Energy(?)	314	124	204	146	116	124	94	90	100	545	149	118	129	209	35	202	54	130	248	266	230	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			4:37AM 0.69								4:41AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 0.14	1:07AM 0.62																11:35PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	4	19	2	6	9	9	9	6	-1	17	17	19	23	21	17	20	20	20	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	1	19	-3	2	6	7	7	4	-6	16	16	19	23	21	16	20	20	20	10	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 N	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	-	1.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	-	7	5	10	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	5	10	-	-	9	8	10	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SE	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	3	3	2	-	-	8	-	3	3	3	5	4	3	6	6	-	-	-

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12
	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	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	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	314	121	231	177	193	193	201	159	172	64	231	231	192	319	17	165	183	166	166	107	94	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			10:20PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	6	19	3	3	2	2	1	1	-1	14	14	14	14	22	6	14	11	11	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	19	2	19	-2	-2	-4	-3	-4	-4	-10	13	13	12	13	22	3	13	9	9	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	2	2

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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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