81st Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.91° N 75.99° W

81st Street, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 7 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 81st Street sea temperature is
25.9°C
3.0° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for 81st Street based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in 81st Street right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near 81st Street

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

BUOY-CHYV2

3 km WNW3 m above sea level

2 hours ago
20
light winds from the SSE
(18 km/h at 150°)
26.7 °C-
-


Oceana Naval Air Station Airport

10 km S217 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
15
light winds from the SSE
(15 km/h at 160°)
29.4 °C16
16
scattered

BUOY-CHBV2

16 km NW3 m above sea level

2 hours ago
15
light winds from the SE
(15 km/h at 140°)
26.3 °C-
-


Thimble Shoal Buoy- VA

19 km WNW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Norfolk Airport

19 km WSW219 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
10
light winds from the N
(11 km/h at 1°)
29.4 °C16
16
few

Norfolk

20 km WSW2 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 253°)
15
31 °C-
-
-
-
0

Cape Henry- VA

24 km E3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field) Airport

25 km WSW218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
15
light winds from the WSW
(13 km/h at 250°)
29.4 °C16
16
few
few
scattered

SHIP13287

28 km WSW15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
5
calm
(3.6 km/h at 160°)
27.3 °C- km
- km


SHIP3950

28 km WSW15 m above sea level

2 hours ago
10
light winds from the W
(7.5600000000000005 km/h at 280°)
27.4 °C- km
- km


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to 81st Street and within an acceptable time window.

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