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5th Street surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 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
4.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at 5th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 5th Street at 7AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)88888105666666610101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23242424253370101120124130103873727262626404041425250
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
0
NNW
15
SSE
30
SSW
40
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.02
9:38AM
1.19
10:01PM
1.04
10:19AM
1.16
10:44PM
1.07
11:03AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
-0.01
4:03PM
-0.09
4:10AM
-0.01
4:37PM
-0.08
4:51AM
0.01
5:15PM
-0.06
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----7:13-------7:13-------7:11---
Sunset------5:05-------5:06-------5:07-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-6-6-6-6-42345654578520-1-1-122-3
Feels °C (?)-12-11-11-10-10-7-7-5-4-3-3-3-1120-3-5-6-6-7-5-5-13
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