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

	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	2	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	1.7 SE	2.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 NW	1.1 S	1.0 SE	0.2 S
Period(s)	9	6	7	7	9	9	4	9	6	5	6	12	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	6
Energy	2	211	414	105	240	173	53	48	117	29	83	26	59	54	334	678	114	127	250	89	211	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 2.38	1:28AM 0.78	1:11PM 0.76	2:02PM 0.68	1:50AM 1.64		2:31PM 0.54	2:48AM 0.70		3:51PM 1.35		3:54AM 1.37	3:49PM 1.01		4:49AM 1.37	5:13PM 1.01		5:53AM 1.46		1:26PM 0.39	3:52AM 0.47
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM -0.02		7:10PM 0.18	6:10AM 0.17			8:32AM 0.44		8:34PM 0.17	9:25AM 0.44		9:52PM 0.60	10:17AM 0.41		10:41PM 0.37	11:00AM 0.38		11:32PM 0.27	11:58AM 0.32			8:15PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	11	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	4	-	2	9	2	12	14	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	23	11	11	9	9	9	21	21	17	19	22	21	8	20	9	7	14	14	18	16	10	23
Low °C	21	8	6	8	9	5	21	18	15	19	19	20	8	15	8	5	14	8	18	15	8	21
Chill °C (?)	23	10	10	8	7	6	21	21	16	19	22	21	4	20	7	6	14	13	18	15	7	23
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 NW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	6	5	8	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	10	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	11	12	11	9	8	8	18	9	4	11	12	8	12	7	-	-	5	8	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 N	0.8 N	-	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	8	-	2	-	4	5	-	4	6	4	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	6	5	-

	Wed	Thursday 07								Friday 08							Saturday 09
	10PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cupsogue Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas	Galveston Texas
Rating	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.2 S	1.3 ENE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 SSE
Period(s)	4	7	8	7	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	6	6
Energy	17	252	203	155	264	63	189	391	213	230	219	358	298	240	287	610	216	212	160	126	50	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						12:44PM 1.46				1:01AM 1.44				12:24PM 1.21				1:34AM 1.05				12:53PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)				5:21AM 0.15				6:37PM 0.14				7:40AM 0.42				7:40PM 0.65				8:32AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	24	11	19	9	19	32	11	19	14	6	6	9	12	9	11	9	6	6	6	9	24	25
Chill °C (?)	24	9	19	6	19	32	10	19	12	4	5	7	10	7	9	7	3	4	4	7	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.2 S	1.3 ENE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	8	7	9	6	6	9	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	6	10	7	-	10	11	15	8	8	9	-	9	3	7	8	7	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.7 S	-	1.9 SW	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.6 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	-	2	-	5	-	7	-	2	3	-	2	2	8	7	-	8	-	-	6	6

	Wed		Thursday 07
	8PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cupsogue Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas	Galveston Texas
Rating	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 NE	1.8 S	1.4 NE	0.6 ESE	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	4	7	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	7
Energy	17	475	249	541	256	45	199	126	126	274	318	330	297	230	360	481	235	448	211	326	42	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:45PM 0.95												12:57PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)										6:52AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	11	20	13	19	24	11	22	21	10	9	9	9	12	9	10	13	8	8	9	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	8	20	11	19	24	8	22	21	7	5	6	6	9	5	6	10	4	6	7	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	1.4 NE	1.5 S	1.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	16	8	7	8	6	9	-	-	8	8	8	8	14	7	7	10	10	7	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	10	6	-	6	-	13	-	-	13	11	11	11	14	15	15	14	15	11	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	1.8 S	-	0.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	4	7	-	7	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	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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