5th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.27° N 74.57° W

5th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 5th Street sea temperature is
25.1°C
2.1° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for 5th Street at 9AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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)
0
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
13
0.3
SE
13
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
12
0.5
S
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
16
26
15
15
14
17
19
24
22
22
22
21
21
33
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
Wind State
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:13AM0.91m
5:42PM1.18m
6:14AM0.96m
6:35PM1.23m
7:05AM1.03m
7:21PM1.29m
Low Tide
11:18PM0.27m
11:21AM0.29m
00:09AM0.22m
12:12PM0.26m
00:56AM0.16m
1:02PM0.21m
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:43
7:40
7:39
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
23
23
24
25
27
28
26
25
23
22
21
24
26
26
25
25
21
20
19
23
25
26
24
24
Feels °C
25
25
26
26
26
25
24
24
21
21
20
23
25
25
25
24
18
18
17
21
22
23
23
24
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our 5th Street surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest