120th Street Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.44° N 75.05° W

120th Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 120th Street sea temperature is
25.3°C
2.8° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for 120th Street at 3PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (10 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Thu morning, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.6
S
5
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.5
E
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.6
ESE
4
0.9
ESE
4
0.9
ESE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SE
5
1.1
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
30
22
14
14
20
39
30
29
19
18
12
13
9
13
13
10
26
34
53
76
69
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
20
S
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:37AM1.35m
7:52PM1.43m
8:23AM1.40m
8:37PM1.40m
9:06AM1.41m
9:20PM1.34m
Low Tide
1:44PM-0.05m
2:17AM-0.12m
2:34PM-0.06m
3:00AM-0.11m
3:20PM-0.05m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:15
7:13
 mm
1
2
1
2
Temp °C
24
23
26
29
30
28
26
25
24
23
23
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
26
Feels °C
22
21
25
30
31
29
28
27
26
24
23
25
25
26
26
26
25
24
24
24
24
24
27
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