42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 11 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
7.0° C
(Which is 3.5°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 9AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (11 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (11 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.5
SE
1.2
S
0.9
SSE
1.7
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
0.8
N
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)888888888866755555588101210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)323231402625211313111911381168114645255281011837
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
45
N
50
NNW
40
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
S
20
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
0.91
1:58PM
0.69
2:46AM
0.88
3:10PM
0.69
3:55AM
0.90
4:17PM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
0.22
8:12PM
0.20
9:25AM
0.23
9:15PM
0.20
10:22AM
0.20
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---7:20-------7:18-------7:18----
Sunset------7:07-------7:07-------7:08-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------32----------
Temp. °C232120192125282623232121103246554581313
Feels °C (?)2119191820242624202017181-9-8-4-2-20-1-2055
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