Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 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 4PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
1
N
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
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
Period(s) (?)788779946678991010999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114117117695540263631334654665046464529292931192019
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
ENE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
S
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
1.22
11:49PM
1.46
12:30PM
1.16
12:52AM
1.40
1:34PM
1.12
1:56AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21PM
-0.04
6:22AM
0.02
6:18PM
0.06
7:33AM
0.09
7:32PM
0.14
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:52-------6:50
Sunset--7:09-------7:10-------7:12-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C545631102333455469866789
Feels °C (?)-1-2-10-6-8-7-8-5-3-3-3-2-10-1230-1-1124
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