1st Street Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.80° N 75.96° W

Issued: 7 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's 1st Street Jetty sea temperature is

26.2° C

1st Street Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at 1st Street Jetty today (09 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for 1st Street Jetty at 3AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

Table - waves today at 1st Street Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 33°C on Thu night, min 23°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 8			Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	SSE 5	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	24	23	32	22	21	53	64	30	29	22	18	32	40	37	21	14	11	8	8	21	28	16	16	15
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	WSW	SW	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	SE	W	E	WNW	W	W	W	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	off	on	cross-off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide	2:42PM1.14m				2:56AM0.86m				3:45PM1.20m				4:04AM0.86m				4:45PM1.26m					5:08AM0.88m
Low Tide			9:14PM0.15m				9:07AM0.00m				10:18PM0.11m				10:06AM-0.02m					11:21PM0.06m				11:06AM-0.04m


	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—
	—	8:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:24	—	—	—	—	—	8:23
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	25	24	23	23	23	25	28	31	30	33	31	29	28	27	31	33	32	30	27	27	26	26	28	30
Feels °C	27	26	25	26	26	28	30	32	31	34	33	30	29	28	32	34	33	31	31	30	27	28	28	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	SSE 5	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	SSE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	19	23	22	18	19	23	31	30	29	22	14	32	40	37	21	14	11	6	5	21	28	16	16	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 12	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 11	E 11	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	ESE 9	SSE 5	ENE 9	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ESE 9
kJ	2	3	32	22	21	2	2	20	19	15	7	14	14	13	14	5	5	8	2	8	5	5	2	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 9	SSE 6	E 11	E 11	E 11	SE 9	—	E 11	E 10	E 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	SSE 4	E 9	NE 7
kJ	3	2	6	2	2	2	20	—	2	2	2	7	7	8	7	8	8	5	8	8	6	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SW 2	WSW 2	WSW 3	WSW 3	SW 3	SW 3	WSW 3	WSW 3	W 3	WNW 3	NW 2	—	—
kJ	24	23	2	2	3	53	64	14	24	20	18	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	North Bar Long Island NY	North Assateague (The Wedge) Maryland	North End Virginia	North End Virginia	Avon Pier Carolina North	K.O.A Carolina North	Corolla Lighthouse Carolina North	Winthrop Jetty Massachusetts	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Croatan Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	120th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	S-Turns Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	178	592	184	14	14	166	147	48	751	2	2	2	2	2	2	136	136	199	174	136	136	136	140	179
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia				North End	North End					Chincoteague	42nd St VA Beach	Chincoteague	Chincoteague	Chincoteague	Chincoteague	Chincoteague	Chincoteague			Chincoteague	Chincoteague	Chincoteague
Rating (10 max)				1	1					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	St Augustine Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - The Cove CAL - Ventura	Exiles CAL - LA County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	St Augustine Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Outside Shoals Maryland	Lunada Bay CAL - LA County	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	The Wedge CAL - Orange County	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Lunada Bay CAL - LA County
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	1
Header Global	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Haga-Haga South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Weld Road New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Supertubes Australia	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan
Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	8	8	8	5	5	5	4	5	7	6

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