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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	Sun		Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Egg Island Eleuthera	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	0	4	4	1	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	-	1.1 SE	1.9 SE	0.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	1.2 NE	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 ESE	2.3 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 N	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 NNE	2.5 N	0.8 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	-	13	16	13	16	16	13	13	16	14	13	13	13	16	16	12	12	11	6	6	6
Energy(?)	96	0	539	1742	70	3425	2206	580	738	1098	2403	1873	1465	1728	5624	4394	1116	2165	259	94	76	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:52PM 1.61		5:14AM 0.61	6:01PM 0.93			8:50AM 0.35		7:15AM 0.68	7:48PM 0.94		8:55AM 0.66		8:39PM 1.73	9:08AM 1.63		8:25PM 1.42	10:22AM 0.72		9:05PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	4:53PM -0.10			11:50PM 0.12	11:26AM 0.02		12:50AM 0.10			2:06AM 0.05	1:27PM -0.01		2:28AM 0.04		2:55PM 0.02			2:07PM 0.13	2:38AM 0.18		4:27PM 0.04	3:19AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	1	2
High °C	27	31	28	28	18	28	27	30	19	16	26	30	29	29	22	16	28	27	26	25	26	27
Low °C	25	28	28	26	13	27	24	27	18	13	25	30	29	29	22	14	28	26	26	24	26	25
Chill °C (?)	27	31	28	28	18	28	27	30	19	15	26	30	29	29	22	14	28	27	26	25	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:38	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 SE	1.9 SE	0.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	1.2 NE	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 ESE	2.3 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 N	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 NNE	2.5 N	0.8 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	6	-	13	16	13	16	16	13	13	16	14	13	13	13	16	16	12	12	11	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	17	-	8	11	-	6	17	11	-	8	8	8	8	7	12	6	8	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	1.1 SE	-	0.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	2	6

	Sun		Monday 18									Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	4PM	7PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	-	5	8	16	16	15	14	-	-	12	16	16	15	16	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	0	1	89	96	257	316	393	0	0	752	816	2090	1708	2484	2627	93	84	1928	2886	4467	5169	3186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:04AM 0.60					5:39PM 0.73				6:06AM 0.56			5:50PM 1.55	5:14PM 1.58				5:24AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53PM -0.10	10:23PM 0.32				10:18AM 0.03					11:50PM 0.12								1:15AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	31	30	17	26	25	25	28	30	30	28	27	26	25	26	27	19	19	27	26	26	26	23
Chill °C (?)	31	30	17	26	25	25	28	30	30	28	27	26	25	26	27	19	19	27	26	26	26	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	16	15	14	-	-	12	16	16	15	16	15	12	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	5	13	8	6	6	6	-	-	17	12	13	-	-	-	8	12	-	10	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 NW	-	1.1 E	-	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	-	4	4	-	2	-	6	-	7	6

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	2PM	3PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	4	9	6	6	14	-	-	14	16	16	16	16	16	13	7	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	0	0	47	30	55	55	70	0	0	49	103	96	96	342	295	48	58	133	311	434	422	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)															4:57AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)										11:09PM 0.11											10:53AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	31	20	29	28	27	26	30	31	26	26	26	26	26	26	13	14	25	26	27	27	29
Chill °C (?)	31	31	20	29	28	27	26	30	31	26	26	26	26	26	26	11	12	25	26	27	27	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	16	16	7	7	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	10	14	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	8	8	6	6	13	5	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	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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