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

Forecast Updated:
Sunday, August 17, 2025 3:05 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
Monday 8/18	Up some	N 1-5 early	Hurricane Erin swell building to 3.3 ft @ 11-12 secs later Erin is to be turn to the northwest 700 nmiles southeast of Central Fla with winds up to 125 kts (145 mph) generating solid swell propagating northwest towards the US East Coast.	3.5 ft	130 degrees
Tuesday 8/19	Up	NE 5+ early	Erin swell building to 7.5 ft @ 15 secs later Erin is to be tracking north positioned 450 nmiles east-southeast of Central Fla and 500 nmiles south of Cape Hatteras with winds 115 kts (130 mph) generating more solid swell.	10.0 ft	135 degrees
Wednesday 8/20	Up, UP	ENE 15+ early	Erin swell 11.4 ft @ 16 secs later Erin is to be tracking north 450 nmiles east of Jacksonville Fla and 300 nmiles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras early with winds 105 kts (125 mph) accelerating and still generating swell aimed from Georgia northward.	15.0 ft	145 degrees
Thursday 8/21	Down some later	N 25+ early	Erin swell fading from 12.6 ft @ 14 secs early Erin is to be accelerating off to the northeast positioned 400 nmiles east-southeast of Cape Hatteras with winds 95 kts (110 mph) generating swell targeting the Northeast Coast.	15-16 ft	110 degrees
Friday 8/22	Down some	E 5 early	Erin swell fading from 7.0 ft @ 11-12 secs early Erin is to be racing northeast positioned 600 nmiles east of Cape Cod early with winds 85 kts (100 mph) accelerating and generating no swell aimed at the US East Coast.	6.5 ft	70 degrees
Extended Outlook	Down some	---	Beyond the model suggests Erin is to quickly exit on Sat 98/23) out of the picture offering no swell production potential. Another tropical low is to be moving west-northwest over Haiti on Sat (8/23) possibly developing into some flavor of tropical storm moving over the Florida Keys on late Mon (8/25) eventually possibly targeting the Northeast Gulf coast.	---	---

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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