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42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 12 Mar 2026 EDT
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42nd St VA Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 42nd St VA Beach sea temperature is
7.4° C
 (Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 42nd St VA Beach today?

The current surf forecast for 42nd St VA Beach at 9PM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)5s
Evening (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)5s

Table - waves today at 42nd St VA Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
1.5
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.1
N
0.9
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.4
SSE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)756655668668111167667710334
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9311024115410066473325956992317848824715
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
50
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
0.69
3:55AM
0.90
4:17PM
0.72
4:50AM
0.94
5:10PM
0.78
5:40AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
0.23
9:15PM
0.20
10:22AM
0.20
10:14PM
0.16
11:12AM
0.16
11:08PM
0.11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:16-------7:15
Sunset--7:07-------7:08-------7:08-----
thunderstorm
light rain
light snow
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
53-1--------------------
Temp. °C1452456545913131312111010101088889
Feels °C (?)8-6-8-5-211-1-3144455555522222
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