Island Beach State Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.83° N 74.09° W

Issued: 1 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Island Beach State Park sea temperature is

16.0°C

Island Beach State Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Island Beach State Park today (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 8AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (27 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

Table - waves today at Island Beach State Park. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	11 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	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 11	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	29	26	65	49	65	83	80	71	68	43	40	39	39	38	53	51	37	35	34	33	33	23	19	21
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				8:22AM1.74m				8:52PM1.42m				9:08AM1.73m				9:45PM1.37m				10:02AM1.67m				10:46PM1.31m
Low Tide		2:17AM-0.04m				3:06PM-0.06m				3:03AM-0.03m				3:55PM-0.04m				3:50AM0.01m				4:46PM0.01m


	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	13	10	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7
kJ	29	26	65	49	65	83	80	71	68	27	30	19	39	38	53	51	37	35	34	33	33	23	19	21
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	SE 11	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 6	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 8	E 7	S 7	S 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SSE 7
kJ	10	18	7	7	2	2	2	1	26	43	40	39	12	7	9	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	E 10	ENE 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 7	S 7	E 7	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	—	—
kJ	7	8	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 3	NNE 3	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 3	S 3	SSW 3
kJ	2	6	26	18	32	43	34	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	6
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	20	96	122	124	87	110	383	144	89	90	44	431	431	431	346	33	44	159	1489	364	617	851	201	167
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1					1	1					1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	4	4	7	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	8	5	6	5	5	4

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