5th Street surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
5.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 5th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 5th Street at 6PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
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
SSW
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)885666666988888888555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7462831391621489159383028181818181818253952102774033
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
25
NNE
30
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
1.26
10:12PM
1.37
10:39AM
1.21
10:58PM
1.36
11:28AM
1.14
11:49PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
-0.14
4:40AM
-0.14
4:47PM
-0.12
5:27AM
-0.11
5:30PM
-0.07
6:17AM
-0.05
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------7:00-------6:58-------6:56
Sunset--7:08-------7:09-------7:10-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----3-1---------------710
Temp. °C89999101111121398877811151615161397
Feels °C (?)22002478710543233711131113932
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