Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.96° N 74.85° W

Diamond Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Diamond Beach sea temperature is
18.4°C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Diamond Beach today (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Diamond Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (09 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Diamond Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 59mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 15°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri night, near gales from the ESE by Sun afternoon).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.6
E
4
0.9
ESE
4
1
ESE
4
1.1
ESE
5
1.7
ESE
6
2.2
SE
7
2.3
SE
8
1.8
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
11
10
10
9
9
9
6
9
12
9
22
39
64
211
503
733
528
412
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
30
SSE
15
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:12PM1.57m
8:39AM1.69m
8:55PM1.53m
9:19AM1.70m
9:36PM1.47m
Low Tide
2:09AM-0.08m
2:35PM-0.05m
2:49AM-0.05m
3:19PM-0.04m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
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6:30
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6:28
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6:27
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4
8
21
7
1
3
Temp °C
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
18
17
18
20
20
20
Feels °C
19
19
19
17
16
16
14
14
14
15
16
15
15
14
11
11
18
20
20
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