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5th Street surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 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 6PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (06 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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Tuesday
06
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07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
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
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)55101045598888877777766663
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13789172023331229465474427171699944448
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
1.29
10:46PM
1.12
10:59AM
1.20
11:35PM
1.09
11:47AM
1.11
12:24AM
1.07
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-------
Sunset--4:50-------4:50-------4:51-----
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C567888991012109664447887778
Feels °C (?)234455644644120015553333
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