8th Street Jetty surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 EST
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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
3.7° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)
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How big are the waves at 8th Street Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for 8th Street Jetty at 4AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)4599981212121212121111111111111163455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13216666333333222222279174562
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
E
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
30
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
1.09
11:08AM
1.16
11:49PM
1.06
11:58AM
1.07
12:40AM
1.04
12:47PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
-0.06
6:02PM
-0.12
6:14AM
0.02
6:47PM
-0.05
7:07AM
0.09
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:16---
Sunset------4:51-------4:52-------4:52-
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C78889111087644588877778101212
Feels °C (?)465435432200255543333567
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