1st Parking Lot Surf Forecast

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1st Parking Lot surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 EDT

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1st Parking Lot surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's 1st Parking Lot sea temperature is 25.0° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 1st Parking Lot today?

The current surf forecast for 1st Parking Lot at 3AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Evening (17 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s

Table - waves today at 1st Parking Lot. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	4	4	8	9	9	4	5	5	5	13	15	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	17	17	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	20	14	6	4	10	10	20	79	64	18	16	75	70	112	124	216	214	153	94	102	113	706	760	286
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	W	WNW	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			2:19AM 1.26				2:51PM 1.55				3:25AM 1.23				3:57PM 1.54				4:34AM 1.25					5:04PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 0.27				8:23AM 0.20				9:39PM 0.24				9:33AM 0.21				10:41PM 0.19				10:36AM 0.18

		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	22	23	26	29	30	29	27	24	21	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	24	24	22	23	27	29	29	31	29	22	17	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at 1st Parking Lot (light winds from the SSW at BUOY-SDHN4 5 km from 1st Parking Lot). 0.5m 4s local chop from the SSE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the ESE as well as a 0.1m 10s swell, also from the SE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 46 minutes ago 1st Parking Lot

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1 h 46 min ago

13 km/h

SSW

Cross-Off

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