VIRGINIA BEACH · FISHING FORECAST

Virginia Beach Fishing Forecast

Virginia Beach is a HOLD today — bite score 60/100. It is fishable but marginal — pick your window. Best day this week: Sat, 18 July at 60/100.

Updated Saturday, July 18, 2026 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

7-DAY BITE OUTLOOK

Daily bite score (0–100) and GO / HOLD / WAIT verdict for Virginia Beach, built from wind, swell, water temperature and rain. Higher is better. Swell shown for this open-coast location.

DayVerdictScoreWindSwellRainTemp
Sat, 18 July today HOLD 60/100 7 m/s SSW 0.6 m 27% 37°C
Sun, 19 July HOLD 50/100 5 m/s W 0.6 m 36% 34°C
Mon, 20 July HOLD 58/100 6 m/s E 0.5 m 49% 27°C
Tue, 21 July HOLD 45/100 11 m/s SW 0.7 m 50% 31°C
Wed, 22 July HOLD 50/100 8 m/s SW 0.9 m 81% 30°C
Thu, 23 July WAIT 40/100 8 m/s NNE 1.1 m 69% 25°C
Fri, 24 July HOLD 45/100 9 m/s NE 0.9 m 20% 26°C

BEST DAY THIS WEEK

Sat, 18 July
60/100 · HOLD

Today is the pick of the week for Virginia Beach — wind around 7 m/s, 0.6 m swell, 27% rain. If you can only get out once, this is the day to aim for.

Virginia Beach FISHING CONDITIONS TODAY

Current fishing conditions for Virginia Beach (Saturday, July 18, 2026). These inputs drive the bite score above — wind, swell, water temperature, rain probability and solunar timing all feed the forecast model.

Wind
7 m/s
from SSW
Swell
0.6 m
9 s period
Water temp
27.3 °C
sea surface
Air temp
37 °C
low 25°C
Rain chance
27 %
0.0 mm

WHAT'S IN SEASON

Species typically active around Virginia Beach, Virginia in July. Always check current Virginia regulations and bag and size limits before you keep anything.

BluefishTuna (BFT)MahiMarlinStriped bass (offshore)

Virginia Beach target species

The fish Virginia Beach anglers chase year-round, inshore and off:

Striped bassRed drumCobiaFlounderBluefish

FISHING VIRGINIA BEACH

Virginia Beach sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is one of the most famous striped-bass structures on the East Coast — its pilings and rubble hold trophy stripers through the cold months. Summer brings a strong sight-cast cobia fishery off the oceanfront and big red drum to the bay shoals. Flounder work the inlets and the CBBT islands, and the bluewater canyons off the coast deliver tuna and billfish for the offshore fleet.

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