42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 01 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
10.7° C
(Which is 1.7°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 2PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.5
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)8666661010101077457777775588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1784964538728101011703040291037562647952663021
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
1.07
8:28PM
1.22
8:45AM
1.04
9:02PM
1.22
9:19AM
1.01
9:38PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
-0.07
2:15PM
-0.06
2:46AM
-0.07
2:47PM
-0.05
3:22AM
-0.04
3:18PM
-0.01
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise-6:50-------6:48-------6:47------
Sunset----7:24-------7:25-------7:27---
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C171619242622191817172024252219181818212525221918
Feels °C (?)131216222519151514151822211917161717202221181514
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