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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	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Sat				Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	2nd Beach Rhode Island	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Matagorda Texas	Indicas Great Abaco	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 N	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 E	1.9 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	3	6	5	5	7	10	6	7	6	7	6	-	-	3	9	4	7	6
Energy(?)	252	724	400	284	4	112	27	58	183	17	38	311	84	104	1	0	0	1	658	1	148	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:11AM 1.12		10:50PM 0.93		12:31AM 1.57	12:42PM 1.45		1:19AM 1.52	1:35PM 1.35		2:07AM 1.48		2:33PM 1.27	2:58AM 1.46		3:35PM 1.23	3:19PM 0.26		3:22PM 1.25	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		4:46PM -0.15		6:10PM 0.24		6:40AM 0.42	6:28PM 0.30		7:35AM 0.47	7:41PM 0.45		8:33AM 0.50		8:31PM 0.53	9:19AM 0.50		4:16PM 0.25	9:14AM 0.90		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:22AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	1	3	21	0	22	9	6	0	4	8	13	23	8	5	-1	8	18	10	18	16
Low °C	3	1	1	1	21	-1	22	8	4	-1	2	3	10	23	0	0	-1	6	17	9	16	16
Chill °C (?)	-3	-1	-4	-1	21	-5	22	5	1	-9	-1	6	11	23	4	3	-7	6	17	9	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:43	6:47	-	7:52	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Sunset	4:54	-	-	4:55	5:06	-	-	4:45	-	4:32	4:34	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:19	-	5:34	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.1 S	0.8 N	0.1 SW	0.1 E	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	-	0.1 SE	1.0 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 E	1.9 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	9	9	5	6	5	11	7	10	6	-	7	7	6	-	-	3	9	4	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.8 E	0.6 NE
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	-	8	-	6	9	9	-	-	7	11	6	-	-	-	8	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSE	0.8 NW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.5 W	2.3 WNW	0.3 E	1.7 S	1.0 ENE	-	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	1.7 WSW	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	3	6	2	7	6	-	4	4	6	-	7	-	-	4

	Wednesday 07					Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	5	8	8	7	7	6
Energy(?)	132	83	49	459	667	724	1054	512	400	327	284	238	192	150	234	88	27	100	48	259	213	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:14AM 1.03				11:44PM 1.61				11:51AM 1.57				12:31AM 1.57				12:54PM 1.25		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:30AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				5:25PM 0.14				5:48AM 0.37				6:10PM 0.24				6:40AM 0.42	6:12AM 0.08			n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	19	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	2	-1	-2	-1	22	0	-2	3	1	12
Chill °C (?)	10	16	19	-1	-2	-4	-2	-4	-4	-1	-4	-4	-2	-5	-6	-4	22	-3	-5	0	-3	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	6:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	1.4 E	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.7 N	0.5 N	-	0.3 WSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	5	6	6	-	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	10	-	8	8	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 SSE	1.0 NNW	-	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	3	-	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	5	6	-	7	7	6

	Wednesday 07															Thu	Wed	Thursday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	0.2 SSW	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	2	8	8	5	5	8
Energy(?)	150	105	105	201	236	272	184	252	252	287	419	459	459	667	562	718	1	502	479	49	45	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)				11:02AM 1.69												11:44PM 1.61	10:44PM 0.20			n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)										5:25PM 0.14										n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:44AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	13	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	22	1	2	5	-1	4
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	-2	-2	-3	-5	-3	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	22	-5	-4	1	-5	0
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	-	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	9	10	-	8	8	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	-	10	10	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	3	-	2	5	5	5	5	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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