38th St Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

38th St Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 38th St Beach sea temperature is
19.1°C
2.6° 

38th St Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at 38th St Beach today (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for 38th St Beach at 5AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (16 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (16 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

Table - waves today at 38th St Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the NE by Sun night).

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.6
S
4
0.7
SSE
4
0.6
S
4
0.6
SE
5
1
S
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
1.1
NE
6
1.2
NE
7
1.3
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.8
ENE
8
2
ENE
9
2.2
ENE
9
2.3
E
10
2.3
E
11
2.3
E
11
2.3
E
11
2.4
E
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
15
10
18
12
19
50
49
37
32
20
13
104
131
171
261
423
608
775
1098
1197
1219
1235
1344
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
NW
25
NW
35
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:09AM1.00m
12:30PM1.28m
1:01AM0.94m
1:21PM1.23m
1:56AM0.91m
2:15PM1.20m
Low Tide
5:42AM0.41m
7:02PM0.40m
6:34AM0.47m
7:55PM0.44m
7:30AM0.50m
8:50PM0.44m
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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6:15
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 mm
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1
1
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1
1
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2
1
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Temp °C
17
17
18
19
21
22
21
16
16
11
9
8
9
11
11
9
8
7
7
9
9
10
11
11
Feels °C
14
16
17
17
20
20
20
12
12
4
2
1
2
3
2
-1
-2
-3
-3
0
0
2
3
3
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