83rd to 86th St North End Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-07-15
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-15 10:56 UTC), 83rd to 86th St North End is marginal: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the E is off its ideal SE direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is moderate from the W. 83rd to 86th St North End is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with light wind from the S, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

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Best conditions for 83rd to 86th St North End

83rd to 86th St North End is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with light wind from the S, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height2–4 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionSE
Best windlight wind from the S
Best tidelow & incoming

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-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 2026-07-15 10:56 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height2.6 ft
Dominant period7s
Swell directionESE (107°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 44099 (24 km away)
Wind9 kt from the W — NDBC CHYV2 (2 km away)

83rd to 86th St North End 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for 83rd to 86th St North End from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Wed Jul 152–3 ft6s SE13 kt SW
Thu Jul 161–3 ft6s SE14 kt SSW
Fri Jul 171–3 ft6s SE12 kt SSE
Sat Jul 182–5 ft4s SSE23 kt SSW
Sun Jul 193–6 ft7s SE18 kt SW
Mon Jul 202–6 ft7s SSE13 kt SSW
Tue Jul 214–5 ft8s SE22 kt WSW

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8638901 (CBBT, CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL), the nearest tide station (16 km away). Times local.

83rd to 86th St North End tide chart for 2026-07-15 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 2.6ft12:39a0.4ft7:00a2.3ft1:09p0.5ft7:10p2.6ft1:23a0.3ft7:46a2.4ft1:55p0.5ft8:08pNow0.32.6

Frequently asked

Is 83rd to 86th St North End good for surfing right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-15 10:56 UTC), 83rd to 86th St North End is marginal: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the E is off its ideal SE direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is moderate from the W.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for 83rd to 86th St North End 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 44099) and the nearest NOAA tide station (CBBT, CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

What are the best surf conditions for 83rd to 86th St North End?

83rd to 86th St North End is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with light wind from the S, on a low incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Does LazySurfer predict whether 83rd to 86th St North End 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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