48th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

48th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 48th Street sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.4° 

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 (05 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 10PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)--
Afternoon (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 56mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.8
ESE
8
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.2
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
1.1
SE
8
1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
10
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
10
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
72
70
90
189
168
160
153
113
91
153
152
208
204
147
154
125
123
120
103
71
106
94
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
30
NNW
20
NE
10
NNE
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
4:31PM1.17m
5:06AM1.31m
5:22PM1.18m
5:51AM1.36m
6:07PM1.17m
6:32AM1.39m
Low Tide
10:51PM-0.02m
11:20AM0.02m
11:34PM-0.03m
12:07PM-0.01m
00:15AM-0.02m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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4:55
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2
5
6
4
24
14
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Temp °C
21
20
20
20
19
19
19
19
15
15
15
15
14
10
10
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
Feels °C
19
17
16
16
16
16
16
18
11
13
14
11
9
2
2
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
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