48th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

48th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is
18.7°C
0.2° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 12AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)--
Afternoon (10 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (10 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 16°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, near gales from the ESE by Sun morning).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.6
E
8
0.4
SE
7
0.8
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
4
1.3
ESE
5
1.5
ESE
6
2.4
ESE
7
3
SE
8
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
23
22
28
27
21
14
14
41
14
28
30
88
159
531
1235
989
984
686
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NW
5
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
50
SE
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:30PM1.32m
7:57AM1.43m
8:13PM1.29m
8:37AM1.43m
8:54PM1.24m
Low Tide
1:47AM-0.07m
2:13PM-0.04m
2:27AM-0.05m
2:57PM-0.03m
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
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7:03
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7:03
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6:30
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6:30
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6:28
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2
8
13
12
3
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2
Temp °C
21
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
19
18
18
19
21
21
21
Feels °C
18
19
19
19
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
15
12
11
13
21
21
21
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