Bay Head Surf Forecast

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Bay Head surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 20 Aug 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 24.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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 8AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	15s
Evening (20 Aug)	5ft (1.5m)	15s

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

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		Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	14	10	13	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	655	699	660	1105	2454	850	841	940	1262	1375	1299	1607	2207	2926	4654	5986	5247	3307	2163	2779	1703	1401	1277	1038
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	SE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					8:39AM 0.08				9:00PM 0.10				9:35AM 0.09				9:52PM 0.10				10:24AM 0.09
Low Tide / height (m)			2:50AM 0.00				2:46PM 0.01				3:42AM 0.00				3:40PM 0.00				4:31AM -0.00				4:32PM 0.00

		Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	20	19	18	19	21	23	24	23
Feels °C (?)	18	18	19	19	18	20	21	21	21	19	16	15	15	14	15	16	13	13	13	14	16	20	21	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 13 km from Bay Head has fallen light (light winds from the ESE at Belmar/Farmdale Airport). Waves cleaning up. 1.4m 14s groundswell from the SE with a 0.9m 5s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Bay Head

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1 h 26 min ago

9 km/h

ESE

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