42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 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 7.7°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 6AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)4555566666566666778889910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394741478310711510382886750394644344957606171574428
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
W
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
W
30
NW
35
WNW
55
NW
55
NW
65
NNW
55
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
1.05
9:58AM
1.01
10:30PM
1.02
10:40AM
0.92
11:13PM
0.99
11:18AM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
-0.09
4:17PM
-0.12
4:45AM
-0.02
4:58PM
-0.06
5:33AM
0.05
5:37PM
-0.01
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----7:03-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset------5:32-------5:34-------5:35-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------2------
Temp. °C10-1-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-20121221-4-6-6-7
Feels °C (?)-5-7-8-9-9-8-8-8-9-9-10-9-7-4-3-3-4-3-6-8-18-21-22-22
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