16th Ave Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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16th Ave is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with light wind from the SW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | light wind from the SW |
| Best tide | high & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-06-26 11:40 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | — |
| Dominant period | — |
| Swell direction | — |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44065 (21 mi away) |
| Wind | 7 kt from the SSE — NDBC SDHN4 (20 mi away) |
16th Ave 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for 16th Ave from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jun 26 | 2 ft | 5s SSE | 8 kt WSW |
| Sat Jun 27 | 2 ft | 6s SSE | 12 kt SW |
| Sun Jun 28 | 2 ft | 7s SSE | 8 kt S |
| Mon Jun 29 | 2 ft | 9s ESE | 9 kt SSW |
| Tue Jun 30 | 2–3 ft | 7s SE | 18 kt SSW |
| Wed Jul 1 | 2–3 ft | 8s SE | 12 kt SSE |
| Thu Jul 2 | 2–3 ft | 5s SSE | 11 kt SE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8531680 (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock), the nearest tide station (20 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:01 — High 4.726 ft
- 2026-06-06 06:33 — Low 0.661 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:53 — High 4.136 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:31 — Low 1.335 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:51 — High 4.644 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:18 — Low 0.697 ft
Frequently asked
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 16th Ave come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44065) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for 16th Ave?
16th Ave is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with light wind from the SW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether 16th Ave is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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