Bay Head Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (40.07° N 74.04° W)

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Bay Head surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 EDT

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Bay Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Bay Head sea temperature is 18.8° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bay Head today?

The current surf forecast for Bay Head at 12AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (18 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s

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

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	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	38	61	68	81	158	151	149	146	141	138	106	102	100	108	82	80	90	119	154	248	467	303	487	172
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.09				8:55AM 0.09				9:07PM 0.09				9:37AM 0.10				9:50PM 0.09				10:16AM 0.10
Low Tide / height (m)	2:19PM 0.01				2:51AM 0.00				3:07PM 0.01				3:31AM 0.00				3:52PM 0.01				4:09AM 0.00

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	1	1
Temp. °C	17	16	14	13	12	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	18	17	14
Feels °C (?)	13	10	9	9	9	9	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	11	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Bay Head (light winds from the W at Belmar/Farmdale Airport 13 km from Bay Head). 0.7m 7s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
2 hours 38 minutes ago Bay Head

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2 h 38 min ago

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