QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - US Mid Atlantic Coast - North Carolina to Virginia Beach
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast
Updated:
Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:00 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
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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 |
Friday
7/11 |
Down |
SW 10 early |
South windswell 2.6 ft @ 5-6 secs early at exposed south facing breaks
Down south trades produced by the Bermuda High to hold early at 15 kts pushing up to the Central Bahamas, but not generating any background southeast windswell relative to the Outer Banks. South windswell from previous fetch fading . |
1.0-1.5 ft |
180 degrees |
Saturday
7/12 |
Down |
SSW 10 early |
No swell of interest forecast
The Bermuda High is to collapse to the south with all fetch from it contained in the Caribbean Sea. Windswell fading. |
1 ft or less |
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Sunday
7/13 |
Up slightly |
WSW 5+ early |
Low odds of background southeast windswell 1.7 ft @ 8-9 secs
No change. |
1.0 ft |
130 degrees |
Monday
7/14 |
Down slightly |
SW 15 early |
Background southeast windswell 1.8 ft @ 9 secs
Low pressure is to start building over Eastern Canada with southwest winds at 15 kts forecast along the Northeast Coast down to the Outer Banks later. |
1.0-1.5 ft |
130 degrees |
Tuesday
7/15 |
Down |
SSW 20 early |
Southwest windswell at exposed breaks 5 ft @ 6 secs late
Southerly fetch to continue building along the entire East Coast at 20+ kts from North Carolina northward. |
2.5 ft |
210 degrees |
Extended
Outlook |
Down |
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Beyond the models suggest low pressure is to track northeast with Wed (7/16) with southerly winds fading along the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Coasts from 15-20 kts but not completely dissipating. The Bermuda High is to try and lift north some, but being blocked by low pressure over East Canada, limiting tradewind swell generation potential. |
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