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48th Street surf break

48th Street surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 EST
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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
5.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at 48th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 48th Street at 9AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.6
SSW
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.9
NE
1.1
NNE
0.8
NE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010101067888778455787789888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)151410202259614211398644219315437274837375464583325
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
NE
10
E
0
NW
10
N
20
NNE
30
N
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassonglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
1.20
6:53PM
0.96
7:07AM
1.23
7:31PM
0.99
7:43AM
1.25
8:08PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
-0.03
12:52AM
0.02
1:36PM
-0.07
1:34AM
-0.01
2:15PM
-0.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:15-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset----5:05-------5:06-------5:07---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------24-------------
Temp. °C45687666654200-2-3-4-3-112-1-4-6
Feels °C (?)-5-3-2-11134230-4-8-8-10-10-11-9-10-9-7-10-14-15
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