1st Street Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.80° N 75.96° W

Issued: 1 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's 1st Street Jetty sea temperature is

25.7° C

1st Street Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at 1st Street Jetty today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for 1st Street Jetty at 8AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (16 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s

Table - waves today at 1st Street Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 34°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 5
Wave Graph
kJ	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	15	16	9	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	14	57	87	87
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	W	W	NNE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				10:03AM1.13m				10:21PM1.30m				10:58AM1.15m					11:12PM1.20m				11:51AM1.16m
Low Tide		3:57AM-0.14m				4:01PM-0.08m				4:47AM-0.12m					5:01PM-0.01m				5:37AM-0.08m				6:01PM0.05m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	24	24	29	31	33	31	27	26	25	26	30	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	31	33	34	31	28
Feels °C	25	23	24	30	32	32	31	28	28	28	29	33	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	32	32	33	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	ESE 8	NNE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 13
kJ	6	12	12	11	11	11	6	6	6	9	6	4	7	2	4	4	4	3	6	6	6	1	1	3
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 4	NE 4	—	E 13	E 13	E 9
kJ	12	4	1	1	1	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	2	7	7	6	6	6	1	1	—	3	3	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 16	—	S 3	—	—	E 15	E 15	—	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	SE 4	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	5	—	1	—	—	4	4	—	—	4	4	4	4	1	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 2	SW 3	—	—	—	SSE 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	W 3	W 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 2	S 3	SSE 3	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 5
kJ	2	2	—	—	—	3	13	15	16	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	14	57	87	87
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Apache Pier Carolina South	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Hatchet Bay Eleuthera	Garbanzo Great Abaco	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Democrat Point Robert Moses Long Island NY	Ocean City Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Summerville Nova Scotia	Summerville Nova Scotia	Inches Puerto Rico	Summerville Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Cove Florida - South	Canova Beach Florida - North	Hobe Sound/The Refuge Florida - South	Buccaneer Florida - North	Spanish House Florida - North	Las Flores Costa del Balsamo	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	Rehoboth Main Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Croatan Virginia
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	418	570	570	1273	1148	1133	483	195	1688	1230	1230	2312	1230	1268	1184	1060	1147	1052	1074	2893	2463	227	136	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Virginia																							Chincoteague	Camp Pendleton
Rating (10 max)																							1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3
Header Global	Luna Park Australia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Easter Reef Australia	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Dunedin - Kuri Bush New Zealand	Dunedin - Kuri Bush New Zealand	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Seconds (White Rock) New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Dinner Plates New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Cannibal Bay New Zealand	Dinner Plates New Zealand	Dinner Plates New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	7	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	9	9	6	8	7	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5

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