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81st Street
[Updated 26 minutes ago]

81st Street Swells & Tide


Surf Height

1-2+ ft

TIDE 2.3 ft
SWELL1 2.7 ft, 112° @ 10s
WIND N @ 14 mph  
(cross/sideshore)

81st Street Tides

Today's tide chart for 81st Street


high 7:06 AM 2.5'
low 12:41 PM 0.3'
current tide 5:03 PM 2.3'
high 7:26 PM 3'

Synopsis


Short-to-medium period swell from the ESE is working with short period swell from the N to generate surf with average wave heights of 0-1+ ft and set waves reaching 1-2+ ft, with a dominant period of 10 seconds. Recent winds have been strong and trending cross/sideshore from the SSE, averaging 16 mph. As of 4:36 PM wind is strong and cross/sideshore from the N (6) at 14 mph. A 0.3' low tide at 12:41 PM rises to a 3' high at 7:26 PM.

81st Street Weather



Moderate or heavy rain with thunder
Air 66° F
Water 64° F
Sunrise 6:01 AM
Sunset 8:00 PM

Swell Analysis

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Height Direction Period
swell1 4 ft 20° 6s
swell2 6 ft 10s
swell3 4 ft 20° 6s
windwave 9 ft 42° 9s
wind NNE (42°) @ 4 mph  
(offshore)
The dominant energy hitting 81st Street is from a combination of swells which together, beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, form a field. I will meet you there. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you: this place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like the dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. Your soul and my soul once sat together in the Beloved's womb playing footsie. Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.” Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.

Nearby Buoys


Duck FRF, NC

42 min ago

3.3'   E   10 sec

Significant Wave Height / Mean Direction / Dominant Period
SWELL & WIND WAVES
(01)
0.98' E @ 10.5 sec
(02)
2.95' E @ 9.9 sec

Duck FRF 26m, NC (430)

42 min ago

3.3'   ESE   10 sec

Significant Wave Height / Mean Direction / Dominant Period
SWELL & WIND WAVES
(01)
1.31' ESE @ 10 sec
(02)
2.95' ESE @ 9.5 sec

CAPE HENRY, VA (147)

42 min ago

3'   ESE   9 sec

Significant Wave Height / Mean Direction / Dominant Period
SWELL & WIND WAVES
(01)
0.98' E @ 11.1 sec
(02)
2.95' ESE @ 9.1 sec

Long-range Swell Forecast

81st Street 16-Day Surf Forecast


7 Day
16 Day
[Updated 26 minutes ago]

  N @ 14 mph

  Moderate or heavy rain with thunder

1-2+ ft

Water: 64°F

Tide: 2.3'

Synopsis

Friday, May 9, 2025 3:36 PM


81ST STREET SURF REPORT:

Short-to-medium period swell from the ESE is working with short period swell from the N to generate surf with average wave heights of 0-1+ ft and set waves reaching 1-2+ ft, with a dominant period of 10 seconds. Recent winds have been strong and trending cross/sideshore from the SSE, averaging 16 mph. As of 4:36 PM wind is strong and cross/sideshore from the N (6) at 14 mph. A 0.3' low tide at 12:41 PM rises to a 3' high at 7:26 PM. (...read more)

Swell Analysis


Swell/Wind Analysis

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Height Direction Period Energy
swell1 4 ft 20° 6s 420 kJ
swell2 6 ft 10s 42 kJ
swell3 4 ft 20° 6s 69 kj
windwave 9 ft 42° 9s 420 kj
wind NNE (42°) @ 4 mph  
(offshore)

The dominant energy hitting 81st Street is from a combination of swells which together, beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, form a field. I will meet you there. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you: this place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like the dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. Your soul and my soul once sat together in the Beloved's womb playing footsie. Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

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Tides

Today's tide chart for 81st Street


high 7:06 AM 2.5'
low 12:41 PM 0.3'
current tide 5:03 PM 2.3'
high 7:26 PM 3'

81st Street Weather



Moderate or heavy rain with thunder
Air 66° F
Water 64° F
Wind
cross/sideshore
14 mph
Sunrise 6:01 AM
Sunset 8:00 PM

Long-range Swell Forecast

81st Street 16-Day Surf Forecast


7 Day
16 Day

Nearby Buoys


Duck FRF, NC

42 min ago

3.3'

Sig. Wave Height

E

Mean Direction

10 sec

Dominant Period
SWELL & WIND WAVES
(01)
0.98' E @ 10 sec
(02)
2.95' E @ 10 sec

Duck FRF 26m, NC (430)

42 min ago

3.3'

Sig. Wave Height

ESE

Mean Direction

10 sec

Dominant Period
SWELL & WIND WAVES
(01)
1.31' ESE @ 10 sec
(02)
2.95' ESE @ 10 sec

CAPE HENRY, VA (147)

42 min ago

3'

Sig. Wave Height

ESE

Mean Direction

9 sec

Dominant Period
SWELL & WIND WAVES
(01)
0.98' E @ 11 sec
(02)
2.95' ESE @ 9 sec