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

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
  Tuesday, January 13, 2026 2:28 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
Wednesday
1/14
Down SW 15+ early Low odds of southwest windchop 4.4 ft @ 5-6 secs later at exposed south facing breaks
A weak front is to be over the US East Coast producing southwest winds at 20-25 kts perhaps producing some windswell.
2.0 ft ---
Thursday
1/15
Down NW 25+ early No swell of interest forecast
A new broad low is to try and develop off the Outer Banks later in the day producing west winds at 20-25 kts streaming off the Southeast Coast offering no swell production potential.
1 ft or less ---
Friday
1/16
Down NW 15+ early No swell of interest forecast
The previous days low it to track northeast fast off the Northeast Coast early leaving only west winds at 30-35 kts pushing off the Northeast Coast and a slack wind pattern over the rest of the US East Coast offering no swell production potential.
1 ft or less ---
Saturday
1/17
Down SW 20+ early Low odds of southwest windswell 6.6 ft @ 7 secs later at exposed south facing breaks
A generic front is to be off the US East Coast producing southwest winds at 20-25 kts perhaps offering some windswell production potential at exposed south facing breaks.
4.0 ft 220 degrees
Sunday
1/18
Down N 15+ early No swell of interest forecast
A new developing low pressure system is to start building off the mid-Atlantic later in the day producing west winds at 30 kts offering no swell production potential.
1 ft or less ---
Extended
Outlook
Down --- The previous days low is to track northeast fast offering nothing. A weak pressure and wind pattern is to follow producing only slack winds and offering no swell production potential into Tues (1/20). . --- ---

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