Island Beach State Park Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Island Beach State Park

Island Beach State Park in New Jersey is an exposed beach break that has consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break offers mainly right hand waves. Best around low tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Watch out for rips and jellyfish.

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Overall Island Beach State Park Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Island Beach State Park surf quality by season and Island Beach State Park surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Island Beach State Park:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Tices Sholls	1 mi
Second closest break	Seaside Park	6 mi
Third closest break	Seaside Park NJ	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Meters	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Island Beach State Park:
Closest wave buoy	Brant Beach Buoy	17 mi
Second closest wave buoy	New York Harbour Buoy	42 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Long Island Buoy	57 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Texas Tower Buoy	81 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Western Long Island Sound Buoy	82 mi
Tide stations nearest to Island Beach State Park:
Closest tide station	Island Beach, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Island Beach, Sedge Islands, Barnegat Bay, New Jers	3 mi
Third closest tide station	Stouts Creek, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Cedar Creek, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Forked River, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Island Beach State Park:
Closest ski area	Spring Mountain Ski Area (United States)	81 mi
Second closest ski area	Campgaw Mountain (United States)	85 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Creek Ski Area (United States)	91 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sterling Forest Ski Center (United States)	94 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mountain Creek Resort (United States)	96 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Island Beach State Park:
Closest city location	Forked River (United States)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Waretown (United States)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Ocean Gate (United States)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Seaside Park (United States)	7 mi
Fifth closest city location	Island Heights (United States)	8 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Island Beach State Park is Lakehurst Naes Airport (NEL) in USA, 32 km (20 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Island Beach State Park is Mc Guire Afb (Wrightstown) Airport (WRI), also in USA, 48 km (30 miles) away.
• Third is Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in USA, 59 km (37 miles) away.
• Trenton Mercer Airport (TTN) in USA is 79 km (49 miles) away.
• Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Island Beach State Park and is 84 km (52 miles) away.