5th Street surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 EST
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5th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 5th Street sea temperature is
4.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)
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How big are the waves at 5th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 5th Street at 1AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at 5th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)10104555888887777776666634
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87122033409485624544311716999444411816
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:46PM
1.12
10:59AM
1.20
11:35PM
1.09
11:47AM
1.11
12:24AM
1.07
12:33PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
-0.19
4:47AM
-0.07
5:22PM
-0.12
5:35AM
0.00
6:07PM
-0.05
6:27AM
0.07
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise------7:18-------7:18-------7:16-
Sunset4:50-------4:50-------4:51-------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C7888881011108664347887777911
Feels °C (?)4555534542020-11456433346
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