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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	Sun		Mon				Tue		Wed				Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat		Sun
	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Galveston Texas	Beauregard Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Madaket Massachusetts	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	2	1	3	2	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 E	3.5 N	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	0.5 S	2.1 SW	2.4 SSE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	4	7	7	8	10	8	12	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	7	6	7	8	10
Energy(?)	118	28	125	134	411	813	291	3868	806	518	189	307	539	696	692	584	118	97	32	381	803	486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:15PM 1.45		1:26AM 0.30	7:42PM 1.46		7:01PM 1.10	7:04AM 1.58	8:06PM 1.37	8:30AM 1.39	7:43AM 1.58		7:52PM 1.53			8:46PM 1.03	9:05AM 0.99		9:32PM 1.06		11:13PM 1.75	11:39AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09AM 0.44	9:10PM 0.26			12:52AM -0.13		2:47AM 0.22			2:11PM -0.13	2:09AM -0.34	3:16PM 0.05	2:49PM -0.14	2:59AM -0.16		3:16PM -0.22	3:51AM -0.12	4:56PM 0.20		5:33AM 0.21	5:41PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	-2	1	1	3	1	15	1	1	14	17	25	24	24	23	18	21	4	20	-5	-3
Low °C	15	16	-2	0	1	2	0	15	1	0	13	15	23	23	23	23	18	21	4	17	-7	-3
Chill °C (?)	14	15	-6	-4	-4	1	-2	13	-3	-5	12	16	25	24	24	23	18	21	0	20	-12	-8
Sunrise	6:58	-	7:03	6:48	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:26	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	5:54	-	-	5:38	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	5:40	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:54	-	5:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.1 E	1.1 E	-	0.6 SE	2.0 ENE	1.3 E	3.5 N	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	2.4 SSE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	7	-	9	10	8	12	11	10	11	12	11	13	13	13	11	7	6	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SW	-	0.2 E	1.0 SE
Period (s)	7	-	8	-	-	9	11	9	10	9	13	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	-	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.2 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	1.8 ESE	2.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	3	4	3	7	8	-	-	-	3	2	6	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	7	4	4

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed
	11AM	2PM	3PM	8PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Beauregard Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Holden Beach Carolina North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 S	2.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	10
Energy(?)	64	66	47	65	228	358	319	77	125	136	668	241	205	413	744	648	595	579	291	527	643	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:04PM 1.38								6:42PM 1.34					7:07AM 1.06				8:36PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		1:00PM 0.28				12:09AM -0.08				12:49PM 0.29	1:02PM -0.03								2:24PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-2	-1	18	-2	16	14	10	-4	-2	10	1	11	-2	1	2	3	4	8	1	-1	-3	-5
Chill °C (?)	-6	-6	18	-7	15	13	7	-9	-5	7	-3	10	-7	1	0	1	1	6	-2	-4	-6	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 S	1.1 E	0.8 S	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	5	8	-	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 NW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 NE	2.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	-	2	4	3	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15																Monday 16
	9AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	11AM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Galveston Texas	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Beauregard Carolina North	Holden Beach Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Holden Beach Carolina North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	2.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	1.2 S	0.3 S	1.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	8	7	3	3	9	8	5	5	6	7	4	4	4	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	50	77	118	55	342	6	8	40	68	83	5	148	65	15	37	37	152	120	11	11	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												6:08PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			8:51AM -0.18			12:26PM 0.01												12:07AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	3	-	2	7	2	2	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-2	15	0	20	18	17	-2	0	16	3	16	-2	6	10	12	13	7	-4	-3	-3	-3
Chill °C (?)	-8	-6	13	-4	20	18	17	-7	0	15	-1	15	-7	3	7	10	11	2	-9	-7	-7	-7
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 E	-	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	7	8	-	9	-	9	8	9	5	-	7	4	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	-	7	7	-	10	7	-	-	8	-	7	7	4	4	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SE	2.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	-	1.2 S	0.3 ENE	1.4 S	-	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	7	3	3	3	-	5	2	6	-	4	4	4	4	-	3	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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