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

	Wed		Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat		Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Holden Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	0.8 SSE	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	3.0 N	1.5 E	1.8 S	1.3 S	2.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SE	1.4 E	2.5 N	1.3 SSW	-	1.0 E	1.2 N
Period(s) (?)	10	6	6	8	6	8	8	6	8	6	6	5	8	8	6	8	9	7	8	-	8	6
Energy(?)	36	37	38	117	78	232	93	32	1306	191	269	157	436	224	134	82	304	698	196	0	130	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:02PM 1.73	8:38AM 1.26		10:05PM 0.92	1:06AM 0.10		9:22PM 1.13	9:39AM 0.91	10:15AM 0.28	11:38PM 1.22	10:22PM 0.02	10:50AM 0.29	10:35PM 1.12	11:02AM 0.91				12:21PM 0.30	1:15AM 0.78			12:43AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)			3:19PM 0.24		7:13PM 2:02AM 0.03 0.10	3:15PM -0.01	3:44AM -0.00				9:46PM 11:45PM 0.02 0.01		5:00AM 0.07		4:55PM 0.20		1:30AM -0.01		6:52PM 0.13	7:49AM 0.19	6:02PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	22	20	21	18	20	22	-2	2	17	23	5	4	15	14	23	24	1	-3	12	-8
Low °C	18	21	22	19	21	17	19	22	-3	1	15	21	0	4	14	13	22	24	-5	-4	11	-10
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	20	21	18	20	22	-10	-2	16	23	1	1	14	13	23	24	-3	-9	9	-14
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.8 SSE	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	2.0 SE	1.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 E	0.6 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	6	6	11	6	8	8	-	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	6	-	9	11	6	-	6	6	9	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	3.0 N	1.5 E	1.8 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	2.5 N	-	-	1.0 E	1.2 N
Period (s)	6	-	-	8	-	-	3	6	8	6	6	5	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	8	6

	Wed		Thursday 02									Friday 03							Saturday 04
	6PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	3	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	0.9 SE	2.0 SSW	1.4 E	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.7 SSW	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	7	9	9	6	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	544	77	673	313	36	129	64	58	58	45	40	78	137	119	111	49	81	33	200	203	392	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							8:29AM 0.98								9:03AM 0.95				10:41PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)					1:46AM 0.12						7:13PM 0.03		3:07AM -0.05								3:40AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	20	-3	19	21	15	20	23	22	-6	21	21	17	17	20	22	23	22	17	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	3	20	-9	19	21	15	20	23	22	-8	21	21	17	16	20	22	23	22	17	17	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Sunset	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	0.1 SE	2.0 SSW	0.3 NE	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	6	10	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	10	-	5	-	6	11	10	7	-	-	-	6	6	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SE	0.4 N	1.4 E	-	1.2 S	0.3 SW	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 S	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	7	3	9	-	6	3	3	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	7	3

	Wednesday 01									Thursday 02
	4PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Pelican Watch Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Chicahauk Carolina North
Rating	3	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	0.9 SE	2.3 SSW	1.4 E	0.7 SE	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 SSE	1.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	7	9	8	6	6	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	6	8	8	6	8
Energy(?)	2055	79	931	266	40	93	16	16	40	253	37	37	147	153	33	37	47	47	272	275	287	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							8:12PM 1.15				11:58PM 0.13								9:49AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)													2:26AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	21	4	19	22	20	19	19	22	-3	22	21	16	17	18	21	21	21	19	19	2	21
Chill °C (?)	6	21	0	19	22	20	18	18	22	-10	22	21	16	17	18	21	21	21	19	18	-4	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	0.1 SE	2.3 SSW	1.4 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 SSE	1.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	10	9	8	-	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	6	8	8	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	10	5	10	-	-	10	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	14	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	0.9 SE	-	-	0.7 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	1.0 N	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.7 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	7	-	-	6	6	5	6	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	6	8	8	6	3

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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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