42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 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
8.1° C
(Which is 3.2°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 7PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)4s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
ESE
1
N
1.3
N
1.4
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)888455667777777999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5124243783105151184192149102776950507776100987556558147
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
35
N
30
N
40
NNW
35
N
30
N
35
N
30
NNE
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
0.95
12:11AM
1.23
12:35PM
0.90
1:08AM
1.16
1:36PM
0.85
2:19AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
-0.06
6:49AM
0.01
6:45PM
-0.01
7:54AM
0.06
7:51PM
0.04
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:00-------6:58
Sunset--7:16-------7:17-------7:19-----
light rain
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1---------------------
Temp. °C121210108753344444556791012131212
Feels °C (?)91033-2-2-3-6-5-200-1-121223581089
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