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

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
  Wednesday, January 7, 2026 2:27 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
Thursday
1/8
Down NE 10+ early No swell of interest forecast
Weak low pressure is to be tracking east off Nova Scotia producing only west winds at 25-30 kts still streaming off the Northeast Coast offering no swell production potential. Otherwise a weak wind pattern is to be off the rest of the US East Coast.
1 ft or less ---
Friday
1/9
Down SE 10+ early No swell of interest forecast
Weak high pressure is to set up off the Northeast Coast producing south winds at 10-15 kts over the Outer Banks offering no swell production potential for the greater US East Coast.
1 ft or less ---
Saturday
1/10
Up slightly S 15+ early South windswell 4.6 ft @ 6 secs later
No change is forecast.
2.0 ft 185 degrees
Sunday
1/11
Down some SW 20 early South windswell fading from 4.7 ft @ 6 secs early
A front is to be along the US East Coast producing south to southwest winds at 20 kts perhaps getting some traction.
2.5 ft 195 degrees
Monday
1/12
Down NW 20+ early No swell of interest forecast
The previous days front is to push south with high pressure building in behind producing northwest winds at 20 kts early offering nothing.
1 ft or less ---
Extended
Outlook
Down --- A generally weak pressure and wind pattern is to set up offering no swell production potential. --- ---

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