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Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 Jan 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
4.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 1PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)99899910106777778888887788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20283519202125231301481791991471241431371301051109170363931
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
1.29
5:51PM
1.03
6:05AM
1.34
6:31PM
1.07
6:43AM
1.37
7:09PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.00
11:45PM
0.05
12:35PM
-0.05
12:30AM
0.02
1:17PM
-0.09
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--7:15-------7:15-------7:13-----
Sunset----4:55-------4:57-------4:58---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11-----------
Temp. °C-4-5-4-110234465346542-10-1-2-2-4
Feels °C (?)-15-15-13-9-7-7-6-5-4-4-2-2-3-111-1-3-7-5-8-10-10-12
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