42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 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
9.4° C
(Which is 2.7°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 2AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)666777777788755555696666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13110647715447413826172223141013173651871556474768
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
NNE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
0.96
5:50AM
1.08
6:18PM
1.04
6:44AM
1.08
7:08PM
1.12
7:30AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
0.02
12:09PM
0.02
12:30AM
-0.01
12:59PM
-0.02
1:24AM
-0.05
1:40PM
-0.05
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:52-------6:50--
Sunset7:22-------7:22-------7:23-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C6765556810111213141416202119161515151923
Feels °C (?)-2011111135789911151615111011121519
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