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

	Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	5	6	6	6	7
Energy	36	47	50	60	54	49	94	104	74	117	77	107	94	94	83	84	79	64	77	85	69	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:00PM 1.91	9:13AM 0.99		9:54PM 1.69	10:10AM 0.98		10:57PM 1.63	11:10AM 0.96		11:31PM 1.21	12:00PM 0.83		2:00AM 0.68	1:06PM 0.84		1:27AM 1.01		2:31PM 1.20	2:47AM 1.32		3:35PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	2:13PM -0.23	3:27AM -0.15		3:05PM -0.21	4:17AM -0.09		4:01PM -0.17		5:15AM -0.12	5:00PM -0.09		6:05AM -0.04	6:03PM -0.01		7:02AM -0.01	7:12PM 0.07		8:10AM 0.02		8:24PM 0.13	8:43AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	2
High °C	26	23	24	24	22	23	24	22	24	26	24	22	25	24	23	25	23	25	25	24	25	26
Low °C	25	22	22	24	21	21	24	22	21	25	21	22	25	21	22	25	22	23	25	24	25	26
Chill °C (?)	26	23	24	24	22	23	24	22	24	26	24	22	25	24	23	25	23	25	25	24	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 NE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	5	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	15	8	-	13	13	10	15	15	15	5	15	14	3	10	13	9	8	7	-	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	8	4	4	-	-	3	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	-	7

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	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	Oceanic Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Fort Fisher Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	85	58	36	40	46	47	43	41	50	40	60	52	39	54	74	58	49	86	94	92	95	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 0.99				9:00PM 1.91				9:13AM 0.99				9:53PM 1.88				10:10AM 0.98				10:48PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			2:13PM -0.23				3:27AM -0.15				3:05PM -0.21				5:00AM -0.04				4:01PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	23	24	24	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	23	24	24	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	15	4	4	8	-	-	17	14	13	13	4	13	10	10	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	2	8	3	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17															Monday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Beauregard 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	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	67	55	85	85	58	58	53	48	36	38	38	40	41	41	46	43	43	47	47	43	43	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 0.99												9:00PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)							2:13PM -0.23													3:27AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	24	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	24	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	4	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	15	15	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	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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