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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Madaket Massachusetts	Long Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.5 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.5 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	8	9	8	12	12	8	11	11	10	10	12	13	9	9	9	5	8	8	9
Energy(?)	48	133	4	45	52	69	201	133	356	151	190	210	334	676	1279	88	95	43	63	46	286	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:35PM 1.20		7:06AM 1.16	7:31PM 1.19	8:21PM 1.63	8:46AM 1.65		8:32PM 0.83	8:51AM 0.87		9:08PM 0.78	9:54AM 1.69		10:15PM 1.58	10:27AM 1.68		10:52PM 1.52	11:00AM 1.64		11:30PM 1.45	11:31AM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 0.07		1:04AM -0.00	1:14PM 0.05		2:34AM 0.21		2:18PM 0.13	2:33AM 0.15		3:33PM 0.07	3:06AM 0.14	3:42AM 0.25	4:09PM 0.21		4:16AM 0.29	4:45PM 0.23		4:49AM 0.36	5:34PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	4	3
High °C	22	29	28	13	16	14	28	25	23	16	25	24	17	20	17	28	25	26	19	26	17	17
Low °C	18	28	28	9	15	10	28	24	21	16	25	24	16	18	15	28	24	25	15	24	14	16
Chill °C (?)	22	29	28	11	15	13	28	25	23	15	25	24	17	20	17	28	25	26	19	26	16	17
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	7:07	6:51	-	7:19	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.5 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	5	8	9	8	12	8	12	11	11	10	10	12	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 NNE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	8	-	7	7	14	8	12	-	11	-	14	12	18	-	9	4	8	-	-	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 N	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	2	3	2	3	12	6	8	5	6	-	4	4	5	5	-	3	5	8	-	-

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20							Sunday 21
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.8 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	14	13	6	12	12
Energy(?)	60	45	59	41	51	64	53	109	123	101	40	101	52	52	58	74	69	77	114	114	128	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:20AM 1.10				7:13PM 0.89				7:30AM 0.80				8:21PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		12:20AM 0.02				1:30PM 0.37				1:24AM 0.16	2:01AM 0.09			2:14PM 0.30				2:34AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	22	21	20	20	21	22	21	28	28	28	21	28	13	16	15	14	12	11	10	22	14	28
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	20	21	22	21	28	28	28	21	28	11	15	14	13	10	9	8	22	14	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.8 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	8	5	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	14	14	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 NE	0.3 N	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	2	3	2	6	4	3	12

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	60	60	60	60	40	49	48	138	138	120	36	122	48	46	46	46	64	64	64	33	53	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					12:30AM 0.25												1:30PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	21	21	17	16	27	28	28	22	28	19	20	22	23	23	22	21	25	21	29
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	17	16	27	28	28	22	28	19	20	22	23	23	22	21	25	21	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.3 E	0.6 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	5	6	6	9	9	9	8	9	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	-	2	-

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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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