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

Forecast Updated:
Saturday, October 17, 2026 1:06 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
Sunday 10/18	Up some	NE 30+ early	Northeast windswell building to 11.2 ft @ 11-12 secs later A broad fetch of northeast winds is to be hanging just off the entire US East coast with low pressure developing off the Outer Banks producing northeast winds at 40-45 kts getting traction producing swell.	9.5 ft	55 degrees
Monday 10/19	Up more	NE 30+ early	Northeast swell 13.0 ft @ 12-13 secs early The fetch is to hold with the low pressure starting to move towards the NE Coast with northeast winds at 35-40 kts getting more traction.	12.0 ft	55 degrees
Tuesday 10/20	Down slow	N 25+ early	Northeast swell fading slowly form 9.2 ft @ 12 secs early The low is to ease north some with 40 kts northeast winds off New Jersey producing more windswell.	9.5 ft	35 degrees
Wednesday 10/21	Down some	N 25+ early	Northeast swell holding at 9.0 ft @ 12-13 secs later The low is to hold off the NE Coast producing 45 kt NE winds getting more traction targeting the mid-Atlantic and NE Coasts.	8.5 ft	40 degrees
Thursday 10/22	Down more	NNW 20+ early	Northeast swell fading from 6.0 ft @ 13 secs early The low is to be fading off the NE Coast producing northeast winds at 30 kts getting a little more traction.	7.0 ft	45 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up some maybe	---	The models suggests the previous low is to ease off the far NE Coast on Fri (10/23) still producing 35 kt northeast winds resulting in more swell. And the model suggest perhaps another low is to develop 600 nmiles off South Florida on Sat (10/24) perhaps getting traction. 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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