Avalon Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.05° N 75.67° W

Issued: 1 am 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Avalon Pier sea temperature is

25.7° C

Avalon Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Avalon Pier today (27 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Avalon Pier at 6AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (27 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (27 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

Table - waves today at Avalon Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Tue night, light winds from the NNE by Wed afternoon).
	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	33	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	34	32	22	26	21	22	23	24	25	73	65	42	24	13	20	20
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSW	SW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNE	E	SE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross
High Tide			6:22AM0.84m				6:56PM1.14m				7:10AM0.87m				7:40PM1.16m				7:56AM0.91m					8:22PM1.17m
Low Tide	00:41AM0.31m				12:17PM0.23m				1:26AM0.28m				1:05PM0.21m					2:07AM0.24m			1:52PM0.19m


	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:09	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	10	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	22	23	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	26	28	26	25	27	26	24	23	24	24	25	25	25
Feels °C	24	23	24	25	25	26	26	24	25	26	26	28	28	23	23	25	26	25	23	25	26	25	26	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	19	16	16	16	16	33	33	33	34	32	22	26	21	22	23	24	25	73	65	42	24	13	20	20
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	NNW 4	N 4	E 9	SSE 4
kJ	33	33	33	33	32	16	12	12	12	8	8	8	5	5	6	4	4	2	7	6	3	1	6	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	NE 6	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	N 4	E 9
kJ	—	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	1	2	2	2	6	6	1	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 2	SSE 2	SSE 2	SSE 2	S 2	SSW 2	S 3	S 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	WSW 4	WNW 3	NW 3	—	SSE 7	S 3	WSW 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	7	18	28	48	45	8	3	3	—	18	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	9	9	620	820	9	1063	810	803	9	52	1212	1180	1063	1063	282	85	6	193	79	92	203	177	242
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1			1				1	1							2	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	5	6	4	4	4	4	4

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