Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 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
1.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (26 Feb)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
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)8888777998998777777776109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)195131957252493483106967455454229182726262611231514
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
1.05
3:27AM
1.32
4:06PM
1.12
4:33AM
1.37
5:07PM
1.22
5:29AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.04
9:12PM
0.03
10:12AM
-0.03
10:14PM
-0.03
11:06AM
-0.10
11:10PM
-0.09
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:30
Sunset--5:44-------5:45-------5:45-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C443322102344555579101111974
Feels °C (?)10-1-1-2-2-3-3-1-10-1111135688750
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