42nd St VA Beach surf break

42nd St VA Beach surfForecast / Virginia / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 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
10.8° 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 4AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.5
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
E
1.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)747777774888888885888677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)893029968262647740203121213367863572333331151158120
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
1.22
9:19AM
1.01
9:38PM
1.20
9:55AM
0.96
10:14PM
1.16
10:34AM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
-0.05
3:22AM
-0.04
3:18PM
-0.01
3:58AM
-0.00
3:51PM
0.04
4:37AM
0.05
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----6:47-------6:46-------6:43--
Sunset7:25-------7:27-------7:28-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C252219181818212425222019181821252622201918192220
Feels °C (?)211918161617202021181616161619232217161514141717
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