QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - US Mid Atlantic Coast - North Carolina to Virginia Beach
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast
Updated:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:54 PM
GMT
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
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Mid-Atlantic Surf Forecast
Covering Exposed Breaks from Cape Hatteras NC to Virginia Beach
(and breaks south of Cape Hatteras as time permits) |
| Day |
Trend |
Wind
(kts) |
Details
(Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) |
Waves
(Set wave max face height) |
Swell Direction |
Friday
3/19 |
Down some |
N 20 early |
Northeast swell fading from 4.0 ft @ 10 secs
Swell from previous days fetch still arriving but fading. Extremely weak low pressure is to try and organize along the Southeast Coast making only 15 kt northeast winds and likely no real swell. |
3.5-4.0 ft |
75 degrees |
Saturday
3/20 |
Down some |
NW 5 early |
Northeast swell fading from 3.0 ft @ 9-10 secs
The gale is to race east and be gone but swell from previous days fetch is to continue arriving. Otherwise a light near calm wind flow is to develop over the entire East Coast offering no swell producing fetch. |
2.5 ft |
70 degrees |
Sunday
3/21 |
Down |
S 5+ early |
No swell of interest forecast
A new winter like gale is to start wrapping up over the interior Southeast resulting in southerly winds at near 20 kts late and starting to push up the US East Coast but offering no swell potential. |
1 ft or less |
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Monday
3/22 |
Down |
S 20 early |
No swell of interest forecast
The low is to push northeast but remain landlocked offering only offshore winds and no swell potential. |
1 ft or less |
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Tuesday
3/23 |
Down |
W 20 |
No swell of interest forecast
The low pressure system is to track more to the northeast and still landlocked, generating an offshore flow for the entire US East Coast up to 20 kts over the mid-Atlantic, and offering no swell generation potential. |
1 ft or less |
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Extended
Outlook |
Down |
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The low is to finally push off the coast under Nova Scotia on Wed (3/24) with all fetch aimed to the east and offering no swell potential into Thursday. Reinforcing offshore winds over the Northeast to follow too. |
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Surf Height Animation: Cape Hatteras - New Jersey
Wind Animations: US East Coast
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