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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sun				Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu		Friday 14			Saturday 15
	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	0	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	2.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	1.1 SE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	1.8 SW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	4	5	7	7	8	-	5	-	-	12	7	7	10	9	10	6	9	8	4	4
Energy(?)	335	273	3	105	598	297	813	0	1	0	0	405	207	231	330	1556	572	122	103	69	5	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:40PM 1.05		11:37PM 1.54	11:33AM 1.62		12:30AM 1.50	12:36PM 1.50		1:12AM 1.37	12:45AM 0.83	4:43AM 2.44	1:26PM 1.46	1:50AM 0.84	5:35AM 2.62	5:52PM 2.72				7:07PM 2.48	7:42AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)		3:41AM -0.02	5:19PM 0.08		5:26AM 0.40	6:04PM 0.19		6:31AM 0.48	7:07PM 0.28			10:57AM 0.35		7:24PM 0.13	11:37AM 0.39		12:14AM 0.18	9:04AM 0.16	1:45PM 0.09	1:41AM 0.22		2:13PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	2	2	12	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	4	24	10	10	9	15	6	7	10	17	2	15	15	8	6	5	5	4	4	22	22
Low °C	4	2	22	10	5	7	14	3	4	8	13	2	14	12	6	4	3	3	2	1	22	22
Chill °C (?)	9	2	24	7	7	8	14	2	6	9	17	-5	13	13	5	2	1	2	1	1	22	22
Sunrise	-	7:01	6:09	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	7:43	-	7:09	6:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	4:30	4:50	-	4:52	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	4:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 SSW	-	1.8 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	4	-	-	7	8	-	5	-	-	12	9	8	10	-	10	-	9	8	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	-	0.5 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	16	-	15	-	10	-	6	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	1.4 ESE	2.4 SE	-	1.6 S	0.5 N	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	-	3.0 W	0.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	3	-	5	7	-	8	3	3	-	-	4	7	7	-	9	3	6	3	3	4	4

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Beauregard Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	0.8 SE	2.3 ESE	0.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	6	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	-	8	8	8
Energy(?)	55	55	218	181	281	232	273	328	217	211	109	600	51	117	297	234	246	102	0	223	210	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			10:38PM 1.61				10:36AM 1.73										2:29PM 3.12				3:37AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44PM -0.10				4:26AM 0.31										8:11AM 0.19			5:38PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	9	5	4	2	4	6	6	3	15	11	15	12	7	9	9	8	6	5	2	0
Chill °C (?)	19	18	6	2	1	-2	2	6	6	0	15	11	14	10	4	8	8	5	2	1	-3	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SE	2.3 ESE	0.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 W	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 S	-	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.0 SSE	0.9 E	0.6 S	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	17	6	-	6	10	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	-	-	3	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	3	4

	Saturday 08									Sunday 09
	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Beauregard Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	8	10	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	4
Energy(?)	67	67	341	341	1078	1100	1100	385	381	9	100	53	51	91	57	46	46	52	5	40	25	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									10:29PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			4:23PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	7	23	14	4	4	4	15	23	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	20	20	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	11	6	23	12	1	1	1	14	23	5	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	10	7	7	7	7	11	4	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	11	10	10	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	2	2	3	-	4	5	4	3	3	2	6	-	4	4	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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