42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 04 Apr 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
11.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 11PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
1.2
NNW
1.1
N
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)888888667778558787777774
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37342233223012513615012510467695928271214141414141429
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
15
WNW
25
NNE
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
5
NNE
15
ESE
25
S
25
SSW
20
WSW
15
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
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
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
1.16
10:34AM
0.91
10:53PM
1.11
11:14AM
0.87
11:34PM
1.06
11:55AM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
0.04
4:37AM
0.05
4:28PM
0.09
5:18AM
0.10
5:09PM
0.15
6:01AM
0.15
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset7:28-------7:29-------7:30-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------5351------------
Temp. °C2724201918182225181813131078101210111212101011
Feels °C (?)24211615141318201218963-13773578434
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