Manhattan Pier Northside Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Manhattan Pier Northside is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with light 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 | W |
| 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 2026-07-30 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 | 3.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 15s |
| Swell direction | SSW (199°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46221 (13 mi away) |
| Wind | 2 kt from the SW — NDBC ICAC1 (10 mi away) |
Manhattan Pier Northside 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Manhattan Pier Northside 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 30 | 3–4 ft | 15s SSW | 8 kt SSW |
| Fri Jul 31 | 3 ft | 14s SSW | 8 kt SSW |
| Sat Aug 1 | 3 ft | 13s SSW | 7 kt S |
| Sun Aug 2 | 3 ft | 15s SW | 7 kt S |
| Mon Aug 3 | 2–3 ft | 15s SW | 7 kt SSW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 2 ft | 15s SW | 7 kt S |
| Wed Aug 5 | 2 ft | 14s SW | 8 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9410840 (Santa Monica, Municipal Pier), the nearest tide station (10 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:42 — High 4.601 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:28 — Low 0.236 ft
- 2026-06-06 15:51 — High 3.639 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:09 — Low 2.955 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:41 — High 4.129 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:13 — Low 0.518 ft
Frequently asked
Is Manhattan Pier Northside good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:26 UTC), Manhattan Pier Northside is marginal: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal W direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is calm from the SW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Manhattan Pier Northside 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 46221) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Santa Monica, Municipal Pier). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Manhattan Pier Northside?
Manhattan Pier Northside is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with light wind from the W, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Manhattan Pier Northside 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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- Manhattan Pier Southside — 0 mi
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- Hermosa Pier Northside — 1 mi
- Hermosa Pier Southside — 2 mi
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