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Virginia

Virginia Beach Oceanfront

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.4ft

5s period

Swell

SE

133°

Windcross

7 mph

S

Tide

↑0.8 ft

rising

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

68% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SE

2.0ft

5s

79%

P2 (secondary)

E

0.8ft

7s

13%

P3 (tertiary)

ESE

0.7ft

10s

8%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellENE 73°

WindWSW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44099

Hs2.3 ft

Tp5s

DirESE

Water61°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.5

6s

SE127°

4mphoffshore

2.5ft↑

5am

1.7

6s

SE124°

17mphcross

3.0ft↓

8am

1.8

6s

ESE123°

10mphcross

0.7ft↓

11am

1.8

7s

ESE121°

21mphcross

0.1ft↑

2pm

1.9

7s

ESE118°

14mphcross

2.9ft↑

5pm

1.8

7s

ESE116°

10mphcross

4.3ft↓

8pm

1.8

7s

ESE116°

11mphcross

1.7ft↓

11pm

1.9

8s

ESE114°

10mphoffshore

-0.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.8

8s

ESE113°

13mphcross-off

1.6ft↑

5am

1.8

8s

ESE113°

16mphcross-off

3.3ft↓

8am

1.8

8s

ESE109°

14mphcross-off

1.4ft↓

11am

2.2

10s

E83°

15mphcross

-0.3ft↑

2pm

2.3

6s

ENE63°

7mphcross-on

2.1ft↑

5pm

2.0

10s

E85°

11mphcross

4.6ft↓

8pm

2.0

10s

E86°

7mphcross

2.8ft↓

11pm

1.9

9s

E85°

7mphcross

-0.2ft

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