120th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.44° N 75.05° W

120th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 120th Street sea temperature is
24.5° C
0.4° 

120th 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 120th Street today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for 120th Street at 9AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

Table - waves today at 120th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
S
5
0.9
SSE
5
1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1
S
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.9
S
5
1
S
5
0.9
S
5
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.8
S
6
1
S
5
1.1
SSE
6
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
40
36
37
22
37
47
66
64
77
62
31
30
39
46
40
64
56
34
33
33
41
58
89
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
20
SSW
5
WNW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
1:32AM1.06m
2:03PM1.28m
2:35AM1.03m
3:05PM1.30m
3:45AM1.02m
4:14PM1.33m
Low Tide
7:32AM0.12m
8:55PM0.21m
8:45AM0.14m
10:07PM0.17m
9:58AM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:05
8:04
8:02
 mm
1
Temp °C
27
26
25
28
29
29
27
27
27
27
26
29
30
29
27
28
25
26
25
27
29
30
27
26
Feels °C
29
28
27
30
29
29
27
28
28
28
27
31
30
28
27
29
28
27
27
29
29
30
27
27
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