18th St Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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18th St is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with light wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | light wind from the W |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-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 2026-06-07 01:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.
| Wave height | 3.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 9s |
| Swell direction | ESE (109°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44091 (90 km away) |
| Wind | 3 kt from the S — NDBC JCRN4 (32 km away) |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8534720 (Atlantic City (Ocean)), the nearest tide station (18 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 06:21 — Low 0.623 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:24 — High 3.324 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:10 — Low 1.034 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:28 — High 4.096 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:03 — Low 0.593 ft
- 2026-06-07 13:11 — High 3.482 ft
Frequently asked
Is 18th St good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-07 01:00 UTC), 18th St is fair: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the E is off its ideal S direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the S.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 18th St 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 44091) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Atlantic City (Ocean)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for 18th St?
18th St is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with light wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether 18th St 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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