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

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
  Thursday, July 16, 2026 1:41 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
Friday
7/17
Down WSW 5+ early

No swell of interest forecast
A generalized offshore flow is forecast pushing northeast off the entire East Coast offering nothing.

1 ft or less ---
Saturday
7/18
Down SW 10+ early No swell of interest forecast
A fetch of southwest winds to set up off the SE Coast at 20 kts perhaps targeting the Outer Banks later.
1 ft or less ---
Sunday
7/19
Up some SW 20+ early

Southerly windswell building to 6.1 ft @ 6-7 secs at exposed breaks
Southwest winds to build to 25 kts over and off the Outer Banks getting some traction.

3.5 ft 205 degrees
Monday
7/20
Down some NW 1-5 early Southerly windswell fading from 3.2 ft @ 6-7 secs early
The previous fetch is to fade out. But some sort of low pressure system is to develop over the Fla-GA border producing south winds at 20 kts not offering anything yet.
1.5 ft 200 degrees
Tuesday
7/21
Up some S 15+ early

South windswell 3.8 ft @ 6 secs later
The previous low is to lift north over the coast of South Carolina later producing south winds at 25 kts offering some potential for windswell production.

2.0 ft 180 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up some --- The models suggest a broad fetch of south winds at 25+ kts is to build along the mid-Atlantic and NE Coasts Wed (7/22) producing windswell. But it's all to collapse by Thurs (7/23) offering nothing. --- ---

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