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 10			Tuesday 11			Wed		Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat				Sunday 16			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	1st street Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Union Bay Lake Superior	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Matagorda Texas	Matagorda Texas	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	1.7 ESE	-	-	0.2 E	-	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 NNW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	-	-	3	-	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	6	6	6	15	6	7	6
Energy(?)	62	361	0	0	1	0	2657	847	594	236	419	386	442	56	59	207	138	86	81	191	262	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 3.12	11:48PM 0.94		3:49PM 2.74		4:43AM 2.44	4:57PM 2.62	1:25AM 0.20	4:43AM 0.20			6:05AM 11:51AM 0.15 0.10		7:11PM 0.16	7:21AM 0.12		8:05PM 2.46	8:17AM 2.79		5:54AM 1.56	6:25PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				9:17AM 0.31		10:38PM 0.02	10:57AM 0.35			3:30AM 0.19	2:46PM 0.05	9:38AM 0.34	4:07AM 11:21AM 0.13 0.10	1:45PM 0.09		4:44AM 10:52AM 0.08 0.11		2:32AM 0.25		11:46PM 0.42	12:17PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	-
High °C	12	10	6	6	9	16	6	6	6	8	4	4	6	3	4	11	10	10	12	26	26	6
Low °C	9	10	2	3	8	12	6	4	4	6	3	3	5	2	2	8	9	10	10	26	21	5
Chill °C (?)	9	9	1	6	7	16	1	3	3	5	2	1	3	-1	1	9	7	8	11	26	26	2
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	8:00	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:24	-	-	4:55	-	4:49	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:30	-	4:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.7 ESE	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.6 SE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	3	-	9	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	-	9	6	6	-	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	15	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	17	9	15	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	0.6 N	0.4 NE	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.2 NNE	-	0.3 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	4	-	4	3	-	-	12	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	6	6	-	2	6	7	6

	Monday 10					Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	8PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	1st street Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.0 N	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	0.2 E	1.9 ESE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	3	8	-	-	2	3	-	11	6	11	11	11
Energy(?)	451	484	123	355	330	290	278	173	0	0	1	454	0	0	1	1	0	77	96	1779	1045	847
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							3:37AM 2.49								12:58AM 0.26
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11AM 0.19				9:33PM -0.11						1:06PM -0.04	6:28PM 0.86						10:57AM 0.35			8:11PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	7	9	11	10	8	4	1	-1	3	6	8	12	12	14	15	16	16	6	5	5	5	4
Chill °C (?)	4	7	8	8	5	-1	-5	-7	0	6	7	10	10	13	14	16	16	2	2	2	5	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.0 N	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	0.2 E	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 SE	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	-	6	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	3	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	4	6	11	-	-

	Monday 10	Tuesday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	1st street Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.5 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	438	478	62	458	372	409	409	523	0	0	0	277	0	0	0	0	0	290	291	793	1108	1094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								2:43PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)		8:11AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	3	2	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	12	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	5	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	4	4	9	6	8	7	9	9	6	6	5	2	4	3	1	0	0	-1	0	13	13	12
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.5 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	-	0.1 E	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	2.0 SE	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	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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