
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.
Virginia Wavefinder
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Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | 0.3 SE | 0.4 SE | 0.6 SE | 0.6 SSE | 1.2 ENE | 0.7 SE | 2.0 SSW | 0.9 SSE | 0.4 SE | 0.2 SSE | 0.4 SW | 0.9 SSW | 0.3 SE | 1.3 NE | - | - | - | 1.2 NE | 2.5 NNW | - | 2.5 SSW | 1.7 SSW |
| Period(s) (?) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 |
| Energy(?) | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 152 | 41 | 532 | 71 | 60 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 29 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 1124 | 0 | 1556 | 479 |
| Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State(?) | off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- off | cross | cross | off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:43AM 1.15 | 8:00PM 1.40 | 8:50PM 1.70 | n/a n/a | 9:48PM 0.40 | 10:35PM 0.39 | 11:27PM 0.35 | 1:25PM 0.88 | 12:58AM 1.19 | n/a n/a | 1:45AM 0.98 | |||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:16PM 0.57 | 2:45AM 0.16 | n/a n/a | 8:07AM -0.12 | 10:04AM -0.11 | 11:20AM -0.10 | 6:25PM 0.12 | 6:56AM 0.09 | 7:59PM 0.09 | 6:49PM 0.16 | n/a n/a | 7:49PM 0.08 | ||||||||||
Summary | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | risk thund- der | clear | light rain | clear | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | light rain | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | light rain | cloudy |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
High °C | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 8 |
Low °C | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 7 |
Chill °C (?) | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 |
Sunrise | - | 6:07 | - | - | 6:18 | - | 7:03 | 6:33 | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | 6:11 | - | 6:45 | 6:11 | - | 7:09 |
Sunset | - | - | 4:59 | - | - | 5:13 | - | - | 5:13 | - | - | 5:12 | - | - | 4:55 | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - |
| Swell1 (m) & direction | 0.3 SE | 0.4 SE | - | - | 0.4 NNE | 0.3 SE | 0.1 SE | 0.9 SSE | 0.5 SE | 0.2 SSE | 0.1 SE | 0.4 SE | 0.4 SE | 0.1 NW | - | - | - | 0.2 E | 2.5 NNW | - | 1.7 SSW | 1.7 SSW |
| Period (s) | 4 | 5 | - | - | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | - | 10 | 9 |
| Swell2 (m) & direction | - | - | - | - | 0.2 NNE | 0.2 ESE | - | 0.2 ESE | 0.4 SE | 0.1 SE | - | 0.2 ESE | 0.3 SE | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 NE | - | 0.1 E | 0.1 E |
| Period (s) | - | - | - | - | 13 | 10 | - | 11 | 10 | 6 | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 14 | 14 |
| Wind waves (m) & direction | - | - | 0.6 SE | 0.6 SSE | 1.2 ENE | 0.7 SE | 2.0 SSW | - | 0.6 SSW | 0.3 SSW | 0.4 SW | 0.9 SSW | 0.3 NE | 1.3 NE | 0.8 N | 0.7 N | 0.4 NE | 1.2 NE | - | - | 2.5 SSW | 0.2 WNW |
| Period (s) | - | - | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 9 | 3 |
List of all animated swell maps
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