55th Street Pier surf break

55th Street Pier surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 EDT
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55th Street Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 55th Street Pier sea temperature is
11.9° C
(Which is 4.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 55th Street Pier today?

The current surf forecast for 55th Street Pier at 11AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

Table - waves today at 55th Street Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
SE
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)44488844566777757101099987
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4535551228711006044491441029272523194
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
5
NNW
15
S
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
20
SW
15
W
10
NW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
E
5
W
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
1.18
12:11AM
1.41
1:00PM
1.15
1:14AM
1.34
2:02PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
-0.06
5:43PM
0.05
6:43AM
0.01
6:43PM
0.13
7:49AM
0.07
7:54PM
0.19
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:13-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset----7:40-------7:42-------7:43---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C4368107789101310131413101010141922201714
Feels °C (?)-2-32241011487101211789121618171411
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