Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at 42nd St VA Beach today (20 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for 42nd St VA Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at 42nd St VA Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 23°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu night, calm by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | NE 6 | ESE 9 | NE 6 | NE 6 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:25PM1.12m | 2:38AM0.83m | 3:31PM1.10m | 3:52AM0.82m | 4:27PM1.11m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:14PM0.34m | 8:45AM0.31m | 10:11PM0.35m | 9:43AM0.32m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
7:49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | |
mm | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Feels °C | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | NE 4 | NE 6 | ESE 9 | NE 6 | SE 3 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
13 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 7 | E 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 14 | ESE 9 | NE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
— | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 16 | — | E 6 | — | E 6 | E 15 | E 15 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 4 | E 7 | E 14 | ESE 8 | ESE 3 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 |
— | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 13 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SW 3 | — | N 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | SE 4 | — | NE 6 | ESE 3 | — | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | S 4 |
27 | 44 | 34 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 16 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1303 | 396 | 10 | 129 | 845 | 1226 | 284 | 458 | 1600 | 1226 | 477 | 148 | 96 | 110 | 87 | 251 | 0 | 284 | 10 |
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