Diamond Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 EDT
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Diamond Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Diamond Beach sea temperature is
11.1° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Diamond Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Diamond Beach at 5AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)667777766644444444555777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85206754835262521121212161499111322332111774
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
30
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
15
SE
15
E
25
WNW
40
NW
45
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
1.71
8:51AM
1.52
9:07PM
1.78
9:38AM
1.51
9:52PM
1.80
10:27AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
-0.13
2:41PM
-0.13
3:25AM
-0.17
3:26PM
-0.13
4:14AM
-0.18
4:13PM
-0.10
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:20-------6:18-------6:16----
Sunset------7:37-------7:38-------7:39-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------21-
Temp. °C202120192123232219109101111111010111213117712
Feels °C (?)1618191819201919174468886581092-415
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