Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
4.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 10PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)7891010999991010101010996677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4853665146444328282831191919187721422119316720213597
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.40
1:34PM
1.12
1:56AM
1.34
2:39PM
1.12
3:02AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
0.06
7:33AM
0.09
7:32PM
0.14
8:50AM
0.11
8:53PM
0.16
9:56AM
0.07
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:50-------6:48--
Sunset7:10-------7:12-------7:13-------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1411
Temp. °C3334446766689101215141415141415108
Feels °C (?)-3-3-3-2-1-121-2-10334687899101342
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