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

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue				Wednesday 15
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Grand Marias Lake Superior	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	-	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	1.2 E	-	1.4 ENE	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.2 S	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	-	8	8	8	8	9	6	9	6	6
Energy(?)	433	0	400	603	530	204	324	311	212	112	74	234	0	462	687	329	233	43	53	292	128	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			1:50AM 1.18		2:59PM 0.56	3:30AM 0.69		3:50PM 0.52		5:08AM 0.59	3:58PM 1.01					5:33AM 1.09	6:44PM 0.77		6:18AM 1.01	7:29PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)	3:20AM -0.02	7:15PM 0.42				8:34PM 0.23	10:09AM 0.27			11:32AM 0.14		11:22PM 0.10	11:06AM 0.35		11:16PM 0.06	11:46AM 0.09		12:14AM 0.13	12:27PM -0.05		1:09AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	15	16	14	13	18	7	6	5	6	9	17	5	17	10	7	8	24	22	22	22	23
Low °C	26	15	13	13	12	16	5	5	0	1	8	16	3	17	7	6	7	20	21	22	20	23
Chill °C (?)	26	13	15	12	12	18	4	2	1	3	7	16	0	16	8	4	6	24	22	22	22	23
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	-	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.3 SE	1.4 ENE	-	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	-	8	8	9	6	9	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-	1.3 N	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	-	-	8	5	8	9	9	-	-	8	-	9	9	8	-	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	1.0 ESE	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	3	10	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	3	6	-	8	-	8	-	-	4	-	9	6	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	10PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North
Rating	0	2	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	2.3 NE	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 N	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	111	348	308	242	2305	554	614	600	596	625	883	1243	910	477	530	347	326	584	595	313	238	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 1.20				1:45PM 0.47									2:20PM 0.62				2:43AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)					8:32AM 0.29			7:33PM 0.21					8:37AM 0.52				9:12PM 0.16				9:41AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	8	8	17	24	26	26	26	25	15	12	13	16	26	14	14	17	15	15	16	20	24
Chill °C (?)	21	4	4	16	24	26	26	26	25	14	10	11	16	26	13	13	17	14	14	16	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	2.3 NE	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	-	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 N	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	11	11	11	11	11	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.4 SE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	4	8	-	-	4	4	-	10	9	10	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	8PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North
Rating	0	2	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	3.0 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 NNW	-	1.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	7	10	11	11	11	11	-	9	10	10	11	-	9	10	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	111	372	372	111	2103	53	53	76	76	0	427	489	434	369	0	343	687	585	597	630	605	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:41AM 0.70												1:19PM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	8	8	21	23	26	26	26	26	12	7	11	9	26	14	11	15	11	10	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	21	4	5	21	23	26	26	26	26	9	3	8	6	26	11	8	13	8	7	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	1.5 E	-	3.0 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	10	8	8	8	8	-	9	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	8	8	11	11	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.0 E	-	1.0 NNE	1.5 E	0.5 SE	2.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	7	5	5	7	8	5	5	2	2	9	-	5	10	3	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10

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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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