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

Forecast Updated:
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 1:08 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 2/26	Up some	SW 30+ later	Southwest windswell building to 7.0 ft @ 7 secs later Southwest winds to be 25 kts along the Outer Banks getting traction producing sideband windswell at exposed breaks.	4.0 ft	215 degrees
Friday 2/27	Steady	NE 20 early	Northerly windchop 3.6 ft @ 5-6 secs Yet another pulse of low pressure is to push off the Northeast Coast producing north winds at 15 kts early perhaps trying to get traction.	1.5-2.0 ft	30 degrees
Saturday 2/28	Down	NE 5+ early	No swell of interest forecast A weak pressure and wind pattern is forecast offering no swell production potential.	1 ft or less	---
Sunday 3/1	Down	NW 1-5 early	No swell of interest forecast Weak high pressure is to start building over the Northeast Coast producing a fetch of northeast winds at 15-20 kts reaching south to the Outer Banks late trying to get traction.	1 ft or less	---
Monday 3/2	Up some	NE 20 early	Northeast windswell 4.8 ft @ 7 secs early More of the same is forecast but with low pressure building near the Outer Banks starting to generate a fetch of northeast winds at 30-35 kts impacting the Outer Banks and S. Carolina coast later.	3.0 ft	45 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up more	---	The previous days low is to rapidly track east while high pressure builds just off Cape Cod resulting in a broad fetch of east to northeast winds at 20+ kts off and over the Outer Banks on Tues (3/3) producing building windswell.	---	---

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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