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 11			Tue				Wed		Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.3 NE	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	1.8 NNW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 S
Period(s)	7	8	8	7	6	7	6	8	7	6	6	9	9	8	10	9	10	5	9	9	7	8
Energy	402	537	292	127	145	81	3	477	78	68	162	267	521	1536	387	276	1150	134	1090	1280	138	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 1.44		4:55AM 1.41	5:17PM 1.42		9:10PM 0.13			5:39AM 1.23			10:18AM 2.88		10:30PM 3.30	11:10AM 2.95			9:25AM 1.65		8:38PM 1.43	10:18AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	10:16AM 0.87		10:53PM 0.50	11:08AM 0.37		11:50PM 0.38	11:56PM 0.11	12:16PM 0.05	12:55AM 0.06	11:37AM -0.11	3:26PM 0.11	12:16AM -0.01		1:55PM 0.21	4:56AM -0.34		2:27PM 0.19	2:37AM -0.13	3:14AM -0.04	3:14PM 0.20	3:29AM -0.14	4:06AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	8	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
High °C	7	12	10	11	22	10	24	19	26	18	10	15	10	7	11	16	12	21	17	18	23	17
Low °C	7	11	7	9	21	6	23	19	22	14	10	9	10	6	10	11	11	19	14	16	20	12
Chill °C (?)	3	11	8	10	22	10	24	18	26	18	7	14	9	5	11	16	10	21	16	18	23	16
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.7 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	1.8 NNW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	2.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	2.1 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 S
Period (s)	15	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	7	6	6	9	9	8	10	9	10	8	9	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.9 S	0.8 E	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	1.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	-	0.1 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	11	6	-	6	6	10	-	7	8	-	9	8	9	9	9	-	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SE	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NW	-	2.5 SE	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	3	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	5	9	9	-	-

	Sun	Monday 11							Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	11PM	3AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 SE	1.0 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.4 NE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 NNE	0.1 S
Period(s)	7	8	8	12	8	7	8	8	8	8	11	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	5
Energy	109	450	479	49	146	313	464	362	292	205	45	127	119	86	93	86	81	405	206	218	140	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 1.37				4:43PM 1.44				4:39AM 0.69				5:32PM 1.56					5:39AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	9:04PM 0.28				8:50AM 0.13				10:53PM 0.50								11:50PM 0.38	11:25PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	20	10	9	21	10	10	11	10	8	7	13	9	12	10	11	10	8	20	21	21	26	26
Chill °C (?)	20	9	9	21	8	8	10	8	7	6	11	8	11	10	11	10	6	20	21	21	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SE	0.1 E	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.4 NE	0.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 NNE	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	5	8	15	8	8	8	8	11	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	11	7	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.2 S	0.7 ESE	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	6	7	10	8	8	8	7	5	7	3	7	7	6	6	-	11	11	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	1.7 SE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	4	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	4	-

	Sun		Monday 11
	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 SE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 S
Period(s)	7	7	7	11	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	4	6
Energy	124	877	558	51	174	343	467	480	479	491	48	560	177	578	571	571	570	16	27	122	43	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							3:54AM 1.37															4:01PM 0.15
Low Tide / height (m)														10:17AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	10	10	22	15	6	10	9	9	9	22	10	10	12	13	12	12	29	30	29	29	25
Chill °C (?)	22	8	9	22	14	2	9	9	9	9	22	10	9	11	12	11	11	29	30	29	29	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 S
Period (s)	9	7	7	6	8	12	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SE	1.2 S	0.7 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	11	7	7	11	16	15	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	2.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	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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