42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 Feb 2026 EST
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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
2.5° C
(Which is 7.6°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 8AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (06 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
2.2
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.1
N
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
1.5
N
1.3
N
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)666667788889996666910551212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1019272535862737983859076596434538628026225116811780180211
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
SSE
20
W
10
WSW
30
NW
35
NW
55
NW
55
NW
60
NW
60
NW
55
NW
50
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
1.02
10:40AM
0.92
11:13PM
0.99
11:18AM
0.84
11:54PM
0.95
11:58AM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
-0.02
4:58PM
-0.06
5:33AM
0.05
5:37PM
-0.01
6:21AM
0.11
6:18PM
0.05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:00---
Sunset------5:34-------5:35-------5:36-
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-1-2-2-2-1122111-4-8-7-5-6-7-9-10-10-9-7-4-3
Feels °C (?)-9-9-8-9-5-3-2-4-3-7-8-18-22-22-20-20-20-21-21-21-19-16-12-10
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