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

	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat				Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Port Aransas Texas	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Galveston Texas	Beauregard Carolina North	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Indicas Great Abaco	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Beauregard Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 N	0.3 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.8 N	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	5	8	7	2	6	5	7	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	5
Energy(?)	42	117	110	59	3	34	75	1	209	33	51	91	378	255	86	140	311	211	168	63	53	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:39AM 0.68	n/a n/a		5:02AM 1.45	5:14AM 0.62	4:19PM 0.83	5:54AM 1.51	6:41PM 1.34		6:40AM 1.59	7:21PM 1.43		7:23AM 1.65	7:59PM 1.52		7:09PM 0.71	11:46AM 0.07		9:16PM 10:46PM 0.25 0.25		9:12PM 1.68	9:24AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	10:42PM 0.64	11:43AM 0.44	11:25AM 0.14		12:30PM 0.36		12:28AM 0.51	1:11PM 0.28		1:12AM 0.43	1:48PM 0.21		1:54AM 0.35	1:04AM 0.13	6:37AM 0.02	1:00PM 0.06	10:00PM 0.25	2:52PM 0.66	3:17AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	7	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	0	-2	-4	17	-5	-4	18	22	21	18	16	17	19	-3	23	15	16	21	19	13	17
Low °C	-3	0	-7	-7	15	-7	-7	18	22	20	16	15	15	16	-4	21	10	16	21	17	12	15
Chill °C (?)	-7	-6	-8	-11	17	-11	-9	18	22	21	17	15	17	19	-7	23	14	15	21	19	11	16
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:20	6:31	-	7:07	6:31	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.1 E	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.8 N	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	11	5	8	7	-	-	-	7	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.5 S	-	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	-	11	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	13	8	-	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.3 WNW	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.4 NNE	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	2	6	5	2	6	-	-	-	4	8	8	3	-	4	5

	Wed	Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	1st street Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	1.5 NW	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.6 NE	1.6 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 NNE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.7 N	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	8	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	7	5	-	4	8	10	8
Energy(?)	236	210	267	202	79	468	117	81	112	110	78	57	59	57	53	125	1	0	1	78	57	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	4:03AM 1.40				5:00PM 1.20					5:02AM 1.45				4:55PM 0.56	7:55PM 0.31			7:25AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26PM 0.05	n/a n/a							10:42PM 0.64					11:43AM 0.44								12:30PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	-9	-2	-3	19	2	0	-2	-3	-5	-7	-7	-4	-1	-2	21	18	18	17	-7	-2	0
Chill °C (?)	21	-14	-8	-9	19	0	-6	-8	-9	-11	-14	-14	-11	-7	-8	21	18	18	17	-14	-6	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	-	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.6 NE	1.6 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.7 N	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	-	7	8	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	5	-	4	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	4	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	15	-	-	-	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 WNW	1.5 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	7	3	3	2	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	-	-	-	3	4	4

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	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Delray Beach Florida - South	1st street Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NE	1.9 NW	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 S	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	12	11	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	6	6	6	8	10	10
Energy(?)	273	381	318	318	140	39	300	314	267	265	240	202	175	178	42	160	4	4	4	514	117	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a							4:03AM 1.40											3:21PM 1.24	5:00PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a													10:48AM 0.50	10:42AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	-5	0	-1	19	6	-1	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-2	-1	-1	21	17	18	18	0	0	-1
Chill °C (?)	23	-10	-5	-6	19	2	-6	-7	-8	-8	-9	-9	-8	-7	-7	21	17	18	18	-6	-6	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	-	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	-	7	7	12	11	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	6	6	6	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	-	-	-	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	1.9 NW	2.1 E	2.1 E	0.5 S	0.8 NNE	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	4	4	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	7	3	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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