QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - US Mid Atlantic Coast - North Carolina to Virginia Beach
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast
Updated:
Friday, November 13, 2026 3:04 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 |
Saturday
11/14 |
Down |
NW 20+ early |
North windswell 4.4 ft @ 7 secs early
Low pressure is to be building off the Northeast coast producing more northwest winds at 25 kts pushing off the mid-Atlantic and NE Coasts perhaps producing some sideband windswell. |
3.0 ft |
00 degrees |
Sunday
11/15 |
Down |
NW 10+ early |
No swell of interest forecast
More of the same is forecast with the low moving off the NE Coast, |
1 ft or less |
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Monday
11/16 |
Up some |
NW 15+ early |
Northeast windswell 3.5 ft @ 6-7 secs later
High pressure is to building inland over Indiana producing northerly winds at 15 kts off the mid-Atlantic Coast offering some minimal windswell production potential. |
2.0 ft |
10 degrees |
Tuesday
11/17 |
Down |
N 10+ early |
No swell of interest forecast
HIgh pressure and no real fetch of interest is forecast setting up over the mid-Atlantic Coast. |
1 ft or less |
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Wednesday
11/18 |
Down |
NE 10+ early |
No swell of interest forecast
High pressure is to be inland over Tennessee producing a solid fetch of east winds at 20-25 kts pushing into Florida but a slack winds pattern off the mid-Atlantic Coast, |
1 ft or less |
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Extended
Outlook |
Down |
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The models suggest high pressure pushing off the Outer Banks producing slack winds there but east fetch holding pushing into Florida with low pressure building south of it over the Central Bahamas into Fri (11/20). |
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Surf Height Animation: US East Coast - Cape Hatteras - New Jersey
Wind Animations: US East Coast - Cape Hatteras
Local Model: Surf - Wind
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