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

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	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	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	1st street Carolina North	The Lighthouse Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Jennette's Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 NE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SE
Period(s)	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	5	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	7
Energy	49	100	94	120	123	116	129	83	190	94	81	131	206	64	159	58	82	53	75	56	50	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:10AM 0.96		12:01AM 1.58	12:08PM 0.96		12:31AM 1.45	1:06PM 0.84		1:43AM 1.14		2:31PM 1.20	2:31AM 0.96		3:35PM 1.26	3:31AM 0.92		4:34PM 1.33	4:34AM 0.94		5:25PM 1.40		5:34AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		5:00PM -0.09		6:13AM -0.06	6:03PM -0.01		7:02AM -0.01	7:03PM 0.06		8:01AM 0.01		8:25PM 0.09	9:06AM 0.05		9:31PM 0.09	9:57AM 0.03		10:36PM 0.09	10:41AM 0.09		11:41PM 0.15	11:26AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	9	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-
High °C	24	25	24	22	25	24	21	24	20	24	26	23	23	27	22	26	26	22	23	26	26	27
Low °C	21	25	23	22	25	21	21	22	19	24	25	22	22	26	20	24	25	21	22	25	22	24
Chill °C (?)	24	25	24	22	25	24	21	24	20	24	26	23	23	27	22	26	26	22	23	26	26	27
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 NE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SE	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	14	10	7	9	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	4	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	3	5	7	3	6	4	3	-

	Tue	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	69	83	83	100	49	100	100	97	90	94	94	109	120	108	123	123	120	116	88	89	129	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:48PM 1.80					11:14AM 1.17				12:01AM 1.58				12:17PM 1.16				12:31AM 1.45				1:24PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				5:17AM -0.09			5:00PM -0.09					6:14AM -0.05				6:03PM -0.01				7:12AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	24	25	25	24	23	23	22	23	22	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	21	25
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	24	25	25	24	23	23	22	23	22	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	21	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	83	87	69	69	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	100	100	53	49	49	49	100	100	100	100	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:48PM 1.80													11:10AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)										5:17AM -0.09											5:00PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	26	25	25	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	26	25	25	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	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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