55th Street Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.23° N 74.63° W

55th Street Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 55th Street Pier sea temperature is
24.1° C
1.4° 

55th Street Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at 55th Street Pier today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for 55th Street Pier at 12PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 66mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.4
SE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
3
0.3
S
5
0.1
SE
14
0.7
SSE
4
1.2
S
5
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
7
7
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
8
8
3
4
7
14
60
7
7
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
NW
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
S
5
SE
25
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:15AM1.34m
10:27PM1.51m
11:09AM1.34m
11:20PM1.43m
12:03PM1.33m
Low Tide
4:08AM-0.19m
4:13PM-0.06m
4:54AM-0.16m
5:03PM-0.01m
5:39AM-0.11m
5:54PM0.06m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:45
5:45
5:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
1
2
5
7
41
6
Temp °C
26
26
28
31
33
30
28
27
26
24
27
26
26
25
25
25
25
24
24
27
26
22
24
Feels °C
28
27
29
30
32
31
30
26
24
22
27
25
26
26
26
26
26
25
26
30
31
20
25
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