81st Street Surf Forecast

/ Virginia (12 breaks) / Virginia (12 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.91° N 75.99° W)

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81st Street surfForecast / Virginia / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 EDT

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81st Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's 81st Street sea temperature is 22.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at 81st Street today?

The current surf forecast for 81st Street at 6PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	9s

Table - waves today at 81st Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	427	533	629	773	858	928	999	1073	1150	1003	1372	999	367	277	246	172	149	143	133	103	114	93	92	85
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	NNW	NW	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:53PM 1.00				4:24AM 0.79					5:04PM 0.99				5:33AM 0.83				6:07PM 1.00				6:33AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:49AM 0.17				10:12PM 0.21				10:02AM 0.18					11:16PM 0.19				11:13AM 0.17				12:11AM 0.15

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	6	8	8	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	17	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	18	20	20	20	21	21	22	20	22	23	22	22	21	21	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at 81st Street (strong winds from the NNE at BUOY-CHYV2 3 km from 81st Street). A 2.4m swell from the ENE
1 hour 21 minutes ago 81st Street

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1 h 21 min ago

45 km/h

NNE

Cross-On

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