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

	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue		Wednesday 18			Thu				Fri		Saturday 21
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Holly Beach Louisiana	Matagorda Texas	Galveston Texas	The Point Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	2	1	1	4	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	1.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.4 NNE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 S	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 SE	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	0.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	4	7	7	4	8	9	8	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	8	12	5	8	8	12
Energy(?)	26	294	77	13	396	451	781	712	508	234	642	980	663	347	390	584	144	278	106	1197	1446	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:53AM 0.94	3:03PM 0.89	7:23AM 1.65			7:55AM 1.65			7:25PM 1.19	7:56AM 0.74	4:50PM 0.54	8:03PM 1.46	8:24AM 1.55		9:30PM 0.77	9:21AM 0.97		9:32PM 1.06	9:50AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 0.33	10:50PM 0.06	11:49AM 0.03		1:48PM 0.21	7:59AM -0.15	1:50AM 0.35		9:57AM -0.14	2:10PM -0.04	1:23AM -0.17			2:10AM 0.16		2:34PM 0.13	3:55AM -0.10		4:11PM -0.12	3:51AM -0.12		4:02PM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	light snow	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	8	-	26	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	13	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	18	16	15	9	2	4	11	0	1	0	-2	-1	0	23	9	19	4	2	1	24
Low °C	19	17	15	15	8	6	2	2	6	-3	0	0	-3	-4	0	23	8	17	3	2	1	23
Chill °C (?)	18	23	17	15	14	5	-4	0	10	-3	-4	-4	-8	-4	0	23	7	19	0	-4	-3	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	6:45	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:52	6:02	-	-	5:16	-	5:53	6:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 S	0.1 E	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.7 SE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.1 E	2.1 SSE	2.0 S	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	7	9	8	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	8	12	14	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.9 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	9	9	11	12	11	11	8	8	8	10	-	-	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.8 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSE	-	1.2 N	2.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	1.4 SE	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	7	3	4	-	5	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	3	4	5	8	8	-

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	5PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	5AM	6AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Holly Beach Louisiana	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Port Aransas Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	The Point Carolina North	St George Island Florida - Gulf	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	46	46	45	278	77	91	132	200	47	118	807	1486	697	235	210	246	317	91	285	712	636	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 0.72		11:27PM 0.75						6:27PM 1.01			1:21AM 0.62	6:24AM 1.55				6:59PM 0.85	7:31PM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)								1:00PM 0.28				12:14AM -0.05				12:46PM 0.26	1:53PM -0.03			12:49AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	16	19	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	5	3	17	-5	18	-1	-1	19	16	15	14	14	8	7	10	9	1	5	3	3	4
Chill °C (?)	-9	2	0	17	-9	17	-1	-6	19	15	15	12	13	4	3	7	6	-2	2	3	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 E	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.1 S	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	12	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 NNW	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.0 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	6	3	6	6	3	6	8	8	7	3	4	4	4	6	9	-	-	-

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	3PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Holly Beach Louisiana	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Port Aransas Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Surf City Pier Carolina North	The Point Carolina North	St George Island Florida - Gulf	Holden Beach Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period(s) (?)	9	5	5	4	8	7	8	8	6	8	9	3	3	-	-	7	9	6	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	55	12	12	25	29	331	48	40	139	1	3	3	4	0	0	2	4	6	4	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:41PM 1.34	5:42PM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)											11:14PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	4	4	19	0	22	-1	-1	19	12	12	12	17	14	14	13	14	-1	14	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	-8	0	1	18	-3	22	-3	-1	18	11	11	11	17	14	14	12	13	-6	13	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	12	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	9	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSW	2.0 SSE	0.4 SW	-	1.4 S	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	2	7	4	-	6	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	3	-	2	3	2	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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