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		Monday 05			Tue				Wednesday 07			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Indicas Great Abaco	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Beauregard Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cupsogue Long Island NY
Rating	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 E	3.0 W	0.3 NE	1.6 W	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	1.5 N	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.3 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	16	8	16	7	6	8	10	7	8	8	9	13	8	13	13	5	16	13	12	6	11	5
Energy(?)	8	1090	78	254	198	104	97	89	138	309	59	127	496	433	427	28	66	70	23	23	39	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:14PM 0.95		6:43AM 0.99	6:15PM 0.81	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:20PM 0.93	8:09AM 1.20		8:50PM 0.68	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:39PM 12:49AM 0.42 0.37	10:08AM 0.88		7:12PM 0.37		12:04AM 0.74	11:42AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14AM -0.16			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:21AM -0.31		2:20PM -0.19	3:02AM -0.17	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	11:09PM 0.36		12:12PM -0.19	11:59PM 0.29	5:54PM -0.10		5:41AM 0.37	5:58PM 0.25	6:18PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	-8	19	-5	13	-5	-8	10	7	8	-11	-10	15	16	16	15	22	16	14	8	4	4
Low °C	8	-10	19	-7	11	-7	-9	4	5	6	-12	-11	15	15	16	15	19	13	14	3	3	4
Chill °C (?)	7	-16	19	-11	12	-13	-13	7	3	5	-20	-19	14	15	15	14	22	15	13	5	-1	1
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	7:52	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	4:37	-	4:45	-	-	-	5:08	-	4:52	-	-	5:28	5:16	-	-	4:55	-	4:55	4:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 NNW	-	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	1.5 N	1.1 N	1.1 NNW	0.6 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	-	7	-	6	8	10	7	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	16	-	16	-	12	10	11	11	7	8	12	13	8	8	13	16	7	13	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	3.0 W	-	1.6 W	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.8 N	1.1 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.3 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	3	8	-	7	6	7	3	5	4	8	3	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	3	5

	Thursday 01			Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Port Aransas Texas	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Galveston Texas	Port Aransas Texas	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 E	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.3 S	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	14	8	8	8	12	14	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	9	8	9	9	8
Energy(?)	57	44	52	51	1233	683	411	55	85	43	125	295	367	207	54	56	46	517	565	331	273	180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	-	-	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.61			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			6:32PM 1.13	7:02PM 0.64	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:37AM 1.00				8:41PM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)				11:13PM -0.21	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:41PM -0.23				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			9:45AM -0.35					2:16AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	11	11	-9	-10	-8	9	20	14	13	-8	-8	20	11	21	25	20	19	-9	-9	4
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	10	-14	-13	-11	6	20	13	12	-14	-13	20	10	21	25	20	19	-15	-14	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	12	7	6	12	-	-	6	6	7	6	9	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.7 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	14	-	-	-	6	14	13	12	-	-	-	12	-	8	9	10	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSW	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.6 W	-	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	-	1.0 N
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	8	8	8	4	-	6	6	7	7	6	-	-	-	7	7	3	-	4

	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Port Aransas Texas	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Galveston Texas	Port Aransas Texas	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	67	64	0	0	27	68	290	0	0	0	0	1090	1010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	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					7:25AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	9	-10	-10	-9	3	18	11	11	-8	-9	20	12	19	19	18	17	-6	-6	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	6	-15	-15	-16	0	18	10	11	-14	-15	20	10	18	19	17	16	-16	-16	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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