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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	Sunday 17			Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	PM	Night	Night	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	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North
Rating	1	2	0	4	4	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	5	4	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	1.1 SE	1.9 SE	0.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	3.5 NE	1.1 S	4.0 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.8 S	4.0 NNW	3.0 S	1.8 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	16	-	13	16	13	16	16	13	13	16	14	15	17	17	13	16	12	11	11	10	6
Energy(?)	48	96	0	539	1742	70	3425	2206	3958	738	8157	2403	4099	733	2988	5949	4394	1116	352	327	92	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:50PM 0.90	4:04AM 0.60		4:48AM 6:49AM 0.34 0.34	4:36AM 0.95		6:01PM 0.93		6:18AM 0.64	8:50AM 0.35		8:00AM 0.81	7:18PM 1.67		8:05AM 0.73		9:18PM 0.75	9:15AM 1.62		8:25PM 1.57	8:43AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 0.14		5:27AM 0.34	10:53PM 0.10	10:34AM 0.03		12:50AM 0.10	12:30PM 0.01					2:28AM 0.04		2:19PM -0.02	3:33AM 0.02	3:02AM 0.13	3:10PM 0.29	2:42AM 0.20		4:27PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	4	-	1
High °C	28	27	29	28	28	18	28	27	29	19	26	24	23	17	19	27	17	29	25	25	26	31
Low °C	28	26	27	27	26	14	28	23	28	18	22	22	23	16	16	27	16	28	23	24	23	30
Chill °C (?)	28	27	29	28	28	18	28	27	29	19	26	24	23	17	19	27	16	29	25	25	26	31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	7:55	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 SE	1.9 SE	0.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	3.5 NE	1.1 S	4.0 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.8 S	4.0 NNW	3.0 S	1.8 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	-	13	16	13	16	16	13	13	16	14	15	17	17	13	16	12	11	11	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.7 SE	1.3 S	2.2 WSW	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	0.3 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	8	-	17	-	8	11	-	-	17	-	-	-	7	18	9	7	12	8	-	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.7 W	0.4 SE	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	2.2 ENE	-	0.5 NE	-	0.9 NW	-	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	4	7	4	4	9	-	3	-	4	-	4	5	-	2

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	1.1 NE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	-	5	10	9	16	15	14	-	-	11	17	16	15	16	15	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	57	57	0	1	55	56	257	316	393	0	0	303	1533	2090	1708	2093	2627	93	84	1928	2886	4467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							4:04AM 0.60									5:14AM 0.61			5:50PM 1.55	5:14PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 0.02			4:53PM -0.10	9:50PM 0.14				10:18AM 0.03				10:58PM 0.19	11:50PM 0.12								1:15AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	27	30	30	30	25	26	26	25	28	30	30	29	28	26	26	25	27	20	20	27	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	30	30	30	25	26	26	25	28	30	30	29	28	26	26	25	27	20	20	27	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	1.1 NE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	2.0 SSE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	6	6	16	15	14	-	-	11	17	16	15	16	15	12	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	9	14	-	5	10	9	6	6	6	-	-	14	18	13	-	-	-	8	12	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 NW	-	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	2	-	6	-

	Sunday 17															Monday 18
	9AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Beauregard Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Holden Beach Carolina North	Bogue Pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NNE	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	-	-	9	6	6	6	9	5	5	8	6	14	14	14	14	13	5	16	16	15
Energy(?)	48	58	0	0	38	51	57	57	30	1	1	64	45	68	68	67	68	91	173	81	214	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:50PM 0.90												3:20AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		9:11AM 0.02								4:53PM -0.10					10:42PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	26	30	31	27	28	30	30	30	30	30	28	27	27	27	27	27	14	14	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	24	26	30	31	27	28	30	30	30	30	30	28	27	27	27	27	27	12	12	26	25	25
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.2 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	5	8	9	9	9	-	-	10	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	9	14	14	14	14	5	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	4	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-

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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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