56th St Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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56th St is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with moderate wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | moderate 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 (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 11:26 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 | 1.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 8s |
| Swell direction | SE (124°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44084 (84 km away) |
| Wind | 6 kt from the S — NDBC JCRN4 (38 km away) |
56th St 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for 56th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jun 26 | 2–3 ft | 4s S | 9 kt W |
| Sat Jun 27 | 2 ft | 6s SSE | 5 kt WNW |
| Sun Jun 28 | 2 ft | 8s SSE | 4 kt SW |
| Mon Jun 29 | 1–2 ft | 10s SE | 8 kt S |
| Tue Jun 30 | 2–4 ft | 7s SSE | 10 kt SSW |
| Wed Jul 1 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 8 kt WSW |
| Thu Jul 2 | 2–3 ft | 5s SSE | 8 kt ESE |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8534720 (Atlantic City (Ocean)), the nearest tide station (24 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 56th St good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:26 UTC), 56th St is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the SE is off its ideal S direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is moderate from the S.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 56th 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 44084) 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 56th St?
56th St is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with moderate wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether 56th 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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