48th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

48th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is
23.9°C
2.8° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 3AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (23 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (23 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue night, min 14°C on Fri morning). Mainly near gales.

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
ENE
8
2.5
ENE
8
2.5
ENE
8
2.5
ENE
8
3
ENE
9
3
ENE
9
3
ENE
10
3
ENE
10
3.5
ENE
10
3.5
ENE
10
3.5
E
11
3.5
E
11
3.5
E
11
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
540
783
844
976
1258
1374
1531
1815
2104
2556
2573
2777
2905
3116
3170
3279
3588
3620
3662
Wind (km/h)
45
NE
45
NE
50
ENE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
55
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:22PM1.18m
5:54AM1.07m
6:09PM1.24m
6:37AM1.16m
6:52PM1.28m
Low Tide
11:47PM0.15m
11:57AM0.19m
00:28AM0.08m
12:43PM0.12m
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:57
6:55
6:53
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
19
18
19
19
18
18
18
18
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
13
10
12
11
10
10
9
10
10
9
9
9
8
9
8
8
8
9
9
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our 48th Street surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest