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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	Thu		Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Hunting Island Carolina South	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Hunting Island Carolina South	Alabama Point Alabama	Hunting Island Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North
Rating	2	3	2	4	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.4 NE	1.0 E	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	0.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.5 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	12	12	8	11	10	9	8	3	7	6	7	8	9	8
Energy(?)	355	1751	2220	3321	2289	1884	202	1267	1408	135	531	57	96	102	384	4	233	130	156	314	17	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:55PM 1.38		5:55AM 1.38		6:01PM 1.52	6:41AM 1.52			6:46AM 0.75	7:08PM 0.77		7:35AM 0.84			8:18AM 1.03		8:39PM 0.85	9:09AM 1.07		9:29PM 0.80	9:23AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 0.40	11:52AM 0.51		12:24AM 0.30		12:45PM 0.37	12:37AM 0.15	12:56PM 0.13		1:16AM 0.10	1:52PM 0.10	4:54PM -0.22	1:53AM 0.04		2:39PM 0.04	2:38AM 0.01		3:35PM 0.03	3:25AM -0.00		4:05PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	1	4	-	37	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	7	10	3	9
High °C	15	28	28	26	27	27	19	28	27	17	24	24	28	22	23	28	25	25	24	27	18	13
Low °C	15	27	27	26	27	27	19	27	27	16	23	20	27	18	22	26	24	25	23	26	18	12
Chill °C (?)	14	28	28	26	27	27	19	28	27	17	24	24	28	22	23	28	25	25	24	27	17	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:18	6:47	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	6:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	2.3 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.4 NE	1.0 E	2.2 NE	0.5 N	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	1.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	12	-	11	10	9	8	3	12	12	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.1 N	-	0.7 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	12	12	11	-	11	10	7	-	10	4	11	12	-	11	10	12	10	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	2.3 NE	0.1 SW	2.1 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	1.5 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	7	-	-	13	-	-	-	3	12	5	8	3	4	4	-	3	7	6	7	8	4	4

	Thursday 02				Friday 03									Saturday 04								Sun
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Higgins Beach Maine	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	0.4 ESE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9
Energy(?)	969	640	277	348	370	207	246	2123	2220	2187	1995	1965	71	2289	1913	1913	1884	1780	1530	1401	144	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:04PM 1.44				5:55AM 1.38	5:03AM 0.59				5:35PM 0.76	8:40PM 2.79			5:52AM 0.76				6:15PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)	10:49AM 0.63				11:36PM 0.39				11:00AM 0.19					11:51PM 0.18				11:55AM 0.15				12:21AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	13	12	10	10	27	28	28	28	28	18	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	19	19
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	12	11	8	8	27	28	28	28	28	18	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	0.4 ESE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	12	11	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 ESE	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	7	8	11	11	10	13	7	7	7	7	7	4	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-

	Thursday 02															Friday 03
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Higgins Beach Maine	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	0.6 E	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	1087	982	505	497	426	355	344	1543	1510	1510	1507	1510	109	2995	2809	2744	2616	2547	2690	3598	447	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									4:46PM 0.73												4:45AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)		10:49AM 0.63														11:11PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	13	13	14	15	15	29	29	29	28	28	12	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	18	17
Chill °C (?)	7	10	11	11	13	14	14	29	29	29	28	28	10	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	0.6 E	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	1.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	9	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	6	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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