48th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

48th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is
19.4°C
0.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 4AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NE
6
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
ENE
8
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ENE
7
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
11
11
11
11
7
7
5
7
7
7
7
7
8
3
10
6
7
8
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
10
ENE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
on
cross-on
High Tide
4:57PM1.27m
5:37AM1.23m
5:54PM1.30m
6:29AM1.32m
6:45PM1.32m
Low Tide
11:32PM0.01m
11:46AM0.05m
00:20AM-0.04m
12:38PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
14
14
14
13
14
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17
17
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20
24
25
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22
Feels °C
11
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17
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24
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