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

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	The Wall New Hampshire	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 E	1.2 SW	1.6 S	1.1 E	0.9 S	1.5 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	-	2.0 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	8	9	6	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	113	67	351	350	219	1023	237	362	194	140	400	154	214	94	0	589	43	52	169	439	164	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 1.67		8:04AM 1.75		8:34PM 1.72	9:22AM 0.66		8:56PM 0.79	9:14AM 0.73		8:55PM 1.07	9:06AM 0.86		9:36PM 1.04	9:49AM 0.86		10:15PM 0.99	11:45AM 0.68		11:38PM 1.55	12:12PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40PM 0.11		1:56AM 0.23		2:21PM 0.10	2:40AM 0.19		1:57PM -0.13	3:23AM -0.09		2:42PM 0.11	3:11AM -0.08		3:24PM -0.05	3:56AM 0.01		3:51PM -0.02		5:53AM 0.06	5:48PM 0.04		6:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	-13	12	12	15	16	17	2	2	20	3	18	21	23	26	6	0	22	19	20	7	7	10
Low °C	-15	12	8	11	15	17	2	2	17	1	17	18	20	24	2	0	22	17	20	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	-22	9	11	15	15	15	-2	-3	20	2	18	21	23	26	3	-2	22	18	20	4	5	9
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	-	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.1 E	0.9 S	1.5 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 E	2.0 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	-	7	8	8	6	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 NE	0.6 N	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 NE	0.7 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	8	7	7	8	11	12	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	21	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	2.2 E	1.2 SW	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	7	-	-	9	6	-	3	-	-	4	3	2	6	-	3	3	5	7	-	-

	Monday 02							Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	130	123	113	95	51	53	64	310	73	207	249	237	252	192	275	233	212	248	792	735	362	388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:19AM 1.74				7:53PM 1.67	8:16PM 0.64				7:16AM 1.20				7:36PM 1.07				9:16AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)				1:40PM 0.11				12:49AM -0.16	1:51AM -0.13				1:21PM -0.14				1:46AM -0.18				2:59PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-13	-15	-13	-9	-9	-10	10	11	11	9	12	12	17	11	17	17	18	17	18	19	2	3
Chill °C (?)	-22	-24	-22	-17	-16	-16	7	8	9	7	12	12	17	9	16	17	18	16	18	19	-1	0
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	10	8	9	8	8	9	7	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 NE	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	9	8	7	8	-	8	7	7	8	8	7	14	7	6	-	6	7	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	1.2 NE	1.2 SE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	144	130	130	130	123	123	61	57	43	43	201	198	206	146	231	249	112	249	247	292	43	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:19AM 1.74	7:58AM 0.68											6:55PM 1.02	8:10PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)												12:54PM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-12	-13	-13	-14	-15	-15	10	10	10	10	8	7	12	1	6	6	12	6	17	17	-7	-7
Chill °C (?)	-21	-22	-22	-23	-24	-24	6	6	7	7	4	3	9	-4	2	2	10	1	15	15	-13	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	15	15	9	15	9	9	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 W	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	15	6	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	3	3

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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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