48th Street surf break

48th Street surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 Mar 2026 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
4.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 48th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 6AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.4
S
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
1.4
S
1.5
SSW
0.8
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999998999999988589666999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132115112110917159599912715415113410310196346214616946353030
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
40
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
W
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
1.30
8:32AM
1.30
8:51PM
1.36
9:15AM
1.28
9:32PM
1.39
10:00AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
-0.10
2:50PM
-0.14
3:21AM
-0.13
3:30PM
-0.15
4:06AM
-0.13
4:10PM
-0.12
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---7:05-------7:03-------7:01----
Sunset------7:09-------7:10-------7:12-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------43-----
Temp. °C011223455667810991010101011121310
Feels °C (?)-5-4-3-2-2-2-20-1012230-125687896
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