Great Machipongo Inlet

Great Machipongo Inlet is an ESE-facing beach break in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. It picks up swell from NE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 41% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WNW: light winds or WNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ESE onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

ESE (107°)

Best swell

ENE to SSE (67°–148°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WSW to NNW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

NE to S (39° to 174°)

Offshore wind

WNW

Tide

NOAA station 8631411

Wave buoy

Cape Henry, VA (147) · 50 km away

Cams

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