Margate Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.31° N 74.52° W

Issued: 6 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Margate Pier sea temperature is

15.0°C

Margate Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Margate Pier today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Margate Pier at 1PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	7s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

Table - waves today at Margate Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 72mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4							Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 5	S 5	SE 8	S 5	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SSE 6	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	6	11	8	13	13	62	27	28	38	47	44	46	54	58	102	165	110	117	73	75	78	77	79	82
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	NNE	SE	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide	3:48AM1.17m					4:02PM1.25m				4:41AM1.26m				4:54PM1.23m				5:27AM1.33m				5:41PM1.20m				6:10AM1.38m
Low Tide			9:52AM0.12m					10:27PM0.03m				10:50AM0.08m				11:13PM0.01m				11:42AM0.04m				11:55PM0.00m


	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—
	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:51	—	—	—	—	4:50
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	2	23	10	30	2	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	19	18	19	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	15	15	15	12
Feels °C	16	16	16	17	16	18	17	18	16	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	17	16	17	14	15	15	14	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	E 11	E 11	SE 7	SSE 6	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	6	2	6	11	8	13	13	62	27	28	38	47	44	42	54	58	102	165	2	2	73	75	78	77	79	82
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	S 3	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	SSW 5	SE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 7
kJ	2	1	6	6	3	8	7	1	1	1	—	—	—	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	27	23	2	2	2	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	ESE 8	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 7	SE 9	—	ESE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SE 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	E 10
kJ	2	6	2	2	2	1	3	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	2	2	—	—	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	SSW 3	—	—	—	S 2	S 3	SSW 3	S 4	SSE 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSW 5	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	1	—	—	—	1	3	4	18	21	19	22	41	46	39	49	23	28	110	117	73	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	548	548	782	782	782	782	963	295	106	18	291	291	409	1406	497	504	94	18	94	88	3	0	0	0	0	3
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Rating (10 max)									1	1							1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	9	9	7	7

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