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Surf Forecast - US Mid Atlantic Coast - North Carolina to Virginia Beach
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 1:00 PM

Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North

Mid-Atlantic Surf Forecast Covering exposed breaks from S. Carolina Virginia Beach
Day	Trend	Wind (kts)	Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile)	Waves (Set wave max face height)	Swell Direction
Wednesday 10/21	Up some	N 25+ early	Northeast swell building to 10.3 ft @ 12-13 secs later Low pressure is to be hold just off the Outer Banks producing 45 kt NE winds getting more traction targeting the SE and mid-Atlantic Coasts.	9.5 ft	45 degrees
Thursday 10/22	Down some	NNW 20 early	Northeast swell fading from 7.4 ft @ 12 secs early The low is to rebuilding later with northeast winds 45-50 kts off Delaware generating more swell aimed east.	7.5 ft	45 degrees
Friday 10/23	Holding	NE 10+ early	Northeast swell holding at 6.0 ft @ 11 secs The low is to start racing off to the east still producing northeast winds at 50-55 kts perhaps getting some traction.	5.5 ft	50 degrees
Saturday 10/24	Holding	NE 15+ early	Northeast windswell 6.5 ft @ 11 secs steady The previous days low is to be racing east out of the picture. But high pressure is to be over the NE Coast with low pressure building over the Bahamas producing a broad fetch of east winds at 25-30 kts pushing over the Florida East Coast and up to the Outer Banks producing windswell.	6.0 ft	65 degrees
Sunday 10/25	Down some	NE 20 early	Northeast swell fading from 6.5 ft @ 10-11 secs early The low is to ease east-northeast still producing east winds at 25 kts and 35 kts out over the core of the low producing more windswell.	6.0 ft	70 degrees
Extended Outlook	Down slow	---	The models suggests the previous low is to race east-northeast and pretty much out of the picture by Tues (10/27) no longer supporting swell production.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: US East Coast - Cape Hatteras - New Jersey
Wind Animations: US East Coast - Cape Hatteras
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