8th Street Jetty surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 EDT
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8th Street Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 8th Street Jetty sea temperature is
5.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 8th Street Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for 8th Street Jetty at 5AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at 8th Street Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.2
SSW
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)6109999888888885566888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11937303030444118181718181818395310697183233241818
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WNW
15
N
10
ENE
15
E
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
10
NW
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrossoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
1.32
10:42AM
1.17
10:59PM
1.32
11:33AM
1.11
11:49PM
1.29
12:29PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
-0.12
5:24PM
-0.12
6:06AM
-0.10
6:07PM
-0.07
6:56AM
-0.04
6:54PM
0.00
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---7:01-------6:58-------6:56----
Sunset------7:09-------7:10-------7:12-
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------162---
Temp. °C991110141310777781114151516121255555
Feels °C (?)33881110543344710111015109-1-10-12
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