Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 Feb 2026 EST
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Island Beach State Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Island Beach State Park sea temperature is
2.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Island Beach State Park today?

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 2AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 23). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1111111212121212111110101067788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1106858675555425290177130895936201920523931124922324749717714912493
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03AM
1.34
12:37PM
1.06
1:06AM
1.31
1:44PM
1.03
2:14AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
-0.02
6:44AM
0.09
6:39PM
0.05
8:04AM
0.09
8:00PM
0.07
9:13AM
0.04
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:35-------6:33--
Sunset5:40-------5:42-------5:43-------
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11-1-2-4-7-7-5-3-3-213213333310-1-2
Feels °C (?)-8-8-10-11-13-16-16-14-11-9-8-7-6-7-6-4-3-2-2-3-4-5-7-7
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