38th St Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

38th St Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 38th St Beach sea temperature is
25.2°C
3.3° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for 38th St Beach at 10AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.7
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.7
SSW
4
0.7
SSW
4
1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
14
6
6
6
6
6
13
9
9
13
17
42
74
119
131
122
117
82
150
36
26
24
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:23AM1.20m
6:44PM1.52m
7:17AM1.30m
7:36PM1.54m
8:07AM1.38m
8:25PM1.52m
Low Tide
12:06PM0.10m
1:02AM0.04m
1:04PM0.04m
1:49AM-0.02m
1:57PM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:17
7:15
7:14
 mm
1
3
Temp °C
21
20
22
25
26
25
23
23
23
22
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
23
24
25
25
24
22
Feels °C
20
20
22
24
24
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
21
20
21
21
20
22
25
26
25
23
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