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The best conditions reported for surf at 81st Street occur when a East-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest .
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81st Street
A pocket of Virginia Beach oceanfront sandbars that lights up into punchy, short, sometimes hollow peaks on E/SE groundswells and local windswells. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for 81st Street in Virginia.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelIntermediate
LocationVirginia, US
Best conditions today
- Waves 1-2 ft
- Period 8 s
- Wind NE 12 kt
Tide curve (forecast)
3.6 ftfalling
- Low0.2 ft
- High3.6 ft
- Low0.4 ft
- High3.6 ft
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