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

	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun		Mon				Tuesday 06			Wed		Thursday 08			Fri
	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 NNE	1.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 E	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 ESE	2.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	6	6	8	10	7	8	8	11	10	6	9	13	14	6	9	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1090	57	95	84	364	97	70	49	139	176	292	43	257	487	25	61	414	248	277	157	76	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:20PM 0.93	7:34AM 1.53		8:50PM 0.68	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:42PM 0.69	4:14AM 0.30		11:34AM 0.80		11:34PM 1.62	11:42AM 1.52	11:44AM 0.72		12:22AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)	12:14AM -0.16	6:27AM -0.14	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:32PM -0.20	1:21AM -0.31		2:12PM -0.19	3:02AM -0.17	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:56AM -0.13		12:12PM -0.19	5:19AM -0.10	9:45AM 0.04		5:41AM 0.37	5:45AM -0.01	6:18PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	9	15	14	-5	-8	9	9	8	-11	-10	6	22	16	10	18	6	6	3	4	1	0
Low °C	-10	7	14	11	-7	-9	5	5	6	-12	-11	4	20	16	9	17	6	4	3	4	0	0
Chill °C (?)	-15	6	14	13	-13	-12	5	7	5	-20	-19	2	22	15	9	18	3	6	3	2	-2	-4
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	4:45	-	-	-	5:08	-	4:52	5:01	-	5:28	4:54	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 NNE	1.3 NE	1.0 NNE	0.2 E	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	12	12	6	9	10	7	8	8	11	10	6	9	9	9	6	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	-	1.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SE	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	12	10	11	11	11	8	9	9	11	-	8	14	14	11	11	7	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.1 NE	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	3	6	-	8	3	4	3	8	3	3	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	4	7

	Thu	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	8PM	9PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Galveston Texas	Galveston Texas	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	0	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	3	8	8	8	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	9	7	9	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	52	4	1233	683	411	50	56	86	230	84	308	372	49	56	41	558	47	781	264	127	154	130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high-ebb	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			6:11PM 1.12			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:37AM 1.00								8:29AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:41PM -0.16					n/a n/a	n/a n/a		9:45AM -0.35					2:16AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	-10	-10	-8	10	12	14	14	13	-8	-9	11	21	23	19	17	-9	-9	5	4	7
Chill °C (?)	12	16	-16	-14	-12	8	11	13	13	12	-14	-15	10	21	23	19	16	-15	-14	1	-1	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	8	8	8	12	12	6	6	6	-	-	6	7	6	9	7	9	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	4	5	12	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	10	-	11	11	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	-	1.9 W	1.9 NW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	3	8	8	8	2	3	6	6	-	7	7	-	-	2	-	3	9	5	4	4	4

	Thursday 01				Friday 02
	8PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Columbia St Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Galveston Texas	Galveston Texas	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	0	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	3	8	8	8	13	13	14	6	6	7	7	4	5	5	11	3	10	10	6	6	6
Energy(?)	44	2	875	1064	1090	35	100	5	59	58	412	371	57	33	35	1848	4	2952	2751	89	95	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a						n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a						n/a n/a	n/a n/a			8:52AM -0.35			1:10PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	-7	-8	-8	5	7	11	13	13	-8	-5	11	19	19	18	19	-5	-5	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	15	-15	-16	-16	2	5	9	11	11	-15	-12	8	18	18	18	19	-14	-14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	2.5 NW	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	14	14	-	-	13	-	-	11	-	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	13	13	14	8	7	-	-	7	-	-	12	-	-	-	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	3	3	8	8	8	-	-	3	6	6	7	7	4	5	5	-	3	10	10	6	6	6

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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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