38th St Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

38th St Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's 38th St Beach sea temperature is
14.9°C
1.1° 

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 (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for 38th St Beach at 11AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (05 Nov)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 90mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.3
S
6
0.6
SE
9
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
1.1
SSE
6
1
SSE
6
1
SE
6
1
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
28
38
37
55
74
77
101
59
106
121
58
97
85
83
88
77
154
122
117
99
97
81
64
64
62
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
10
SW
10
NNW
0
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:51AM1.31m
5:05PM1.24m
5:36AM1.38m
5:51PM1.22m
6:19AM1.43m
6:35PM1.19m
7:00AM1.46m
Low Tide
10:45AM0.16m
11:06PM0.06m
11:37AM0.12m
11:48PM0.05m
12:26PM0.08m
00:29AM0.05m
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20
43
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Temp °C
19
19
20
20
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
12
13
12
13
9
10
9
11
10
Feels °C
18
17
18
18
15
16
16
15
17
15
14
17
16
17
15
14
12
8
8
6
5
1
2
0
3
3
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