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 Wednesday 15 Oct 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 20.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at 81st Street today?

The current surf forecast for 81st Street at 6PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

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	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 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	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	260	222	211	169	175	142	289	301	240	230	129	101	109	120	300	94	287	114	108	119	124	225	183	190
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:45PM 0.95					5:18AM 0.86				5:44PM 0.94				6:14AM 0.91				6:35PM 0.93				7:02AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)	9:53AM 0.20				10:50PM 0.17					11:01AM 0.19				11:41PM 0.15				12:01PM 0.16				12:25AM 0.13

	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	20	19	17	16	13	12	13	14	15	16	15	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14
Feels °C (?)	12	14	16	14	11	9	5	4	4	5	7	8	6	4	4	4	5	7	9	10	11	12	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Virginia

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at 81st Street have swung cross-off (moderate winds from the NW at BUOY-CHYV2 3 km from 81st Street). A 1.4m swell from the ENE
1 hour 34 minutes ago 81st Street

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1 h 34 min ago

21 km/h

Cross-Off

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