48th Street Surf Forecast

/ Maryland (8 breaks) / Maryland (8 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.40° N 75.06° W)

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48th Street surfForecast / Maryland / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 EDT

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48th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is 19.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 48th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 12AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Evening (18 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

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	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	S	S	S	S	SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	174	157	180	196	186	378	341	307	297	227	229	233	181	171	181	184	141	110	200	417	286	161	103	52
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	SE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	WSW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:37PM 1.20				6:12AM 1.23				6:24PM 1.21				6:54AM 1.29				7:07PM 1.21				7:33AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				12:01AM 0.04				12:17PM 0.10				12:41AM 0.02				1:02PM 0.07				1:19AM 0.02				1:45PM 0.04

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	13	13	12	12	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	18	14	14	16
Feels °C (?)	11	11	8	9	8	8	11	14	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	15	15	14	13	15	12	6	7	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maryland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at 48th Street (calm at BUOY-OCIM2 8 km from 48th Street). 1.0m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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