3rd St Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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3rd St is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with light wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | light wind from the N |
| 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 2026-07-16 11:00 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 | 1.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 9s |
| Swell direction | ESE (110°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44056 (12 mi away) |
| Wind | 9 kt from the WSW — NDBC DUKN7 (11 mi away) |
3rd St 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for 3rd St 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 16 | 1–2 ft | 6s ESE | 13 kt SSW |
| Fri Jul 17 | 1–2 ft | 8s ESE | 12 kt S |
| Sat Jul 18 | 1–3 ft | 6s SE | 20 kt SSW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 2–3 ft | 7s SSE | 21 kt WSW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 2–3 ft | 6s ENE | 11 kt NE |
| Tue Jul 21 | 2–3 ft | 4s E | 22 kt SW |
| Wed Jul 22 | 2–4 ft | 6s ENE | 20 kt NNE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8651370 (DUCK PIER), the nearest tide station (11 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 06:12 — Low 0.291 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:16 — High 2.716 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:19 — Low 0.671 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:24 — High 3.074 ft
- 2026-06-07 06:55 — Low 0.255 ft
- 2026-06-07 13:03 — High 2.85 ft
Frequently asked
Is 3rd St good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-16 11:00 UTC), 3rd St is fair: the live 0–2 ft medium-period swell from the E matches its ideal E direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is moderate from the SW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 3rd 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 44056) and the nearest NOAA tide station (DUCK PIER). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for 3rd St?
3rd St is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with light wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether 3rd 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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