Tower Road Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° N 75.07° W

Tower Road 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tower Road sea temperature is
19.5°C
2.6° 

Tower Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tower Road today (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tower Road at 4PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

Table - waves today at Tower Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the NNE by Mon morning).

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
5
0.4
SE
5
0.7
SSE
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.6
SE
5
0.9
NNW
4
1
N
4
1.3
N
5
1.4
NNE
5
1.5
NNE
5
1.5
NE
5
1.5
NE
5
1.7
NE
5
1.8
NE
7
2
ENE
8
2.1
ENE
9
2.1
ENE
9
2.2
ENE
10
2.1
E
10
2.1
E
10
2.2
E
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
8
17
8
17
24
36
81
87
113
119
110
154
340
513
671
690
898
932
954
1075
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
35
NNW
30
NW
35
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
40
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
45
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
12:16PM1.31m
00:33AM0.94m
1:07PM1.25m
1:27AM0.91m
2:05PM1.22m
Low Tide
6:43PM0.42m
6:27AM0.37m
7:37PM0.47m
7:23AM0.41m
8:31PM0.49m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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7:09
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7:11
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6:21
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6:19
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6:17
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 mm
1
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4
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Temp °C
20
25
26
23
18
17
14
10
8
8
9
11
10
9
8
8
10
11
11
12
13
Feels °C
19
24
25
21
13
12
8
1
-1
-1
0
2
1
-1
-1
-1
0
2
2
4
4
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