42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm 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 10PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 31). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 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
Friday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
SSE
1
SE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)6998886661010101010101077477677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3786111917460222888191868352929788464
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
1.18
8:09AM
1.07
8:28PM
1.22
8:45AM
1.04
9:02PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
-0.05
2:08AM
-0.07
2:15PM
-0.06
2:46AM
-0.07
2:47PM
-0.05
3:22AM
-0.04
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:48-------6:47
Sunset--7:24-------7:24-------7:25-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202424211817161620252623191817172024242119181818
Feels °C (?)162020161313121216232319151414151821201816161617
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