48th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

48th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.2° 

48th 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 48th Street today (04 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 9PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)--
Afternoon (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)7s

Table - waves today at 48th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
1
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.1
SE
9
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.9
SE
9
1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
8
1.5
SSE
5
1.2
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
1.1
SE
9
1
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
29
46
86
135
166
170
74
72
70
90
110
148
164
180
128
113
91
176
181
208
200
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
10
NNW
5
ESE
5
NW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:34PM1.18m
4:16AM1.25m
4:31PM1.17m
5:06AM1.31m
5:22PM1.18m
5:51AM1.36m
Low Tide
10:06PM-0.00m
10:30AM0.06m
10:51PM-0.02m
11:20AM0.02m
11:34PM-0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
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6:31
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4:57
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3
3
1
3
30
5
2
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Temp °C
19
19
20
19
19
20
21
21
20
20
20
19
19
19
19
18
17
17
17
17
14
12
Feels °C
18
18
19
18
17
18
19
18
17
17
16
15
17
17
16
14
17
18
19
16
10
6
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