42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 31 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
10.1° C
(Which is 2.2°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 6AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.1
E
1.2
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
1.1
SE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)99866998888666106101010108747
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)815144637861111746060287810191945374229
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
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
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.08
7:50PM
1.18
8:09AM
1.07
8:28PM
1.22
8:45AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
-0.05
1:40PM
-0.05
2:08AM
-0.07
2:15PM
-0.06
2:46AM
-0.07
2:47PM
-0.05
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset------7:24-------7:24-------7:25-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171515151923232218171616212526232019171720242521
Feels °C (?)131011111519191913121212182324191616151619212117
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