5th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.27° N 74.57° W

5th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 5th Street sea temperature is
25.2° C
1.7° 

5th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at 5th Street today (15 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for 5th Street at 1PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

Table - waves today at 5th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 20°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun night).

Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
S
5
0.1
SE
9
0.2
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
3
0.5
S
3
0.7
SE
4
1
SSE
4
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
8
3
3
3
7
6
6
12
11
3
6
14
37
71
82
62
54
34
38
44
57
Wind (km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
E
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
20
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:54AM1.36m
11:07PM1.33m
11:40AM1.33m
11:52PM1.23m
12:26PM1.29m
Low Tide
4:47AM-0.10m
5:04PM-0.01m
5:28AM-0.05m
5:49PM0.06m
6:07AM0.03m
6:34PM0.14m
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:11
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:53
7:52
7:51
 mm
1
1
3
3
1
2
2
Temp °C
23
22
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
23
20
21
21
23
24
23
25
28
30
27
25
Feels °C
25
23
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
23
21
19
18
17
23
25
25
27
30
33
28
27
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