42nd St VA Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.87° N 75.98° W

42nd St VA Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 42nd St VA Beach sea temperature is
25.6° C
0.0° 

42nd St VA Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at 42nd St VA Beach today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for 42nd St VA Beach at 9AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 34°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.4
NE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
E
13
0.1
E
13
0.1
E
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
12
12
11
11
11
6
6
6
9
6
6
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
10
SE
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
9:58AM1.15m
10:16PM1.32m
10:53AM1.17m
11:07PM1.23m
11:46AM1.18m
Low Tide
3:54AM-0.14m
3:58PM-0.08m
4:44AM-0.12m
4:58PM-0.01m
5:34AM-0.08m
5:58PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
26
25
25
28
30
31
32
28
26
26
27
28
27
27
26
27
27
26
25
30
33
34
32
27
Feels °C
25
24
25
28
32
30
31
29
27
28
30
30
28
28
27
29
29
28
27
31
33
35
30
29
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