Sands surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 EDT
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Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sands sea temperature is
8.1° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Sands at 6AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

Table - waves today at Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.1
S
0.5
E
0.5
SE
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999999959967777777669
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181149146138135106106108103805238391482482081571288872566510232
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
0.91
6:03PM
0.85
6:22AM
0.94
6:57PM
0.94
7:16AM
0.99
7:45PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
0.26
11:59AM
0.15
12:17AM
0.19
12:45PM
0.09
1:09AM
0.11
1:29PM
0.02
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---6:22-------6:20-------6:18----
Sunset------7:30-------7:31-------7:32-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1296666789101113192322222020191822252826
Feels °C (?)740110012469161918191819181721242523
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