48th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

48th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is
24.9° C
0.7° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 12AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)--
Afternoon (08 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (08 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 32°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
4
1
S
4
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1
S
6
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
1.4
S
6
1.3
S
6
1
S
6
0.4
SE
7
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.3
SE
7
0.7
S
5
0.7
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
40
55
64
59
47
44
41
31
21
130
127
78
14
32
23
8
24
20
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
10
S
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:05PM1.30m
3:45AM1.02m
4:14PM1.33m
4:57AM1.05m
5:23PM1.38m
Low Tide
10:07PM0.17m
9:58AM0.12m
11:11PM0.09m
11:04AM0.08m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:04
8:02
8:01
 mm
5
Temp °C
30
28
28
28
27
26
30
32
32
28
28
26
25
25
28
30
31
30
26
Feels °C
28
28
28
29
29
28
31
31
31
27
28
26
27
27
30
31
31
31
26
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