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

Forecast Updated:
Friday, August 15, 2025 1:42 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
Saturday 8/16	Down	NE 15 early	Northeast windswell building to 4.0 ft @ 6 secs later Hurricane Erin is to be 150 nmiles northeast of the Virgin Islands with winds 90 kts (105 mph) building to 105 kts (120 mph) tracking west-northwest generating swell. A local fetch of northeast winds at 15 kts are to briefly set up off the mid-Atlantic producing local windswell.	2.0 ft	40 degrees
Sunday 8/17	Down	NE 10+ early	Northeast windswell 4.5 ft @ 7 secs early Erin is to be tracking northwest 200 nmiles north of Puerto Rico with winds 110-115 kts (125-130 mph) generating more swell propagating northwest.	2.5 ft	55 degrees
Monday 8/18	Up barely	NNE 5+ early	Possible Erin swell building to 3.8 ft @ 12-13 secs later Erin is to be turn to the north 700 nmiles southeast of Central Fla with winds up to 120 kts (140 mph) still generating solid swell propagating northwest towards the entire US East Coast.	4.0 ft	130 degrees
Tuesday 8/19	Up more	NE 15+ early	Erin swell building to 5.2 ft @ 14-15 secs later Erin is to be tracking north positioned 550 nmiles east-southeast of Central Fla with winds 115 kts (130 mph) generating more solid swell.	7.0 ft	140 degrees
Wednesday 8/20	Up more	NE 15 early	Erin swell 9.1 ft @ 16 secs later Erin is to be tracking north 600 nmiles east of Jacksonville Fla early with winds 110 kts (125 mph) accelerating and still generating swell aimed from Georgia northward.	13.0 ft	140 degrees
Extended Outlook	Down slow	---	Beyond the model suggests Erin is to start tracking northeast on Thurs AM (8/21) while accelerating with less fetch aimed at the US East Coast and little swell propagating towards the coast. Something to monitor.	---	---

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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