Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 09 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
3.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (10 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
E
0.8
SE
1.2
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)455666654566788888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29607062523323152737911481542702061711378161483020127
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
35
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
40
W
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
1.21
12:33PM
1.08
1:11AM
1.19
1:22PM
1.00
1:59AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
0.02
6:30AM
0.18
6:49PM
0.09
7:34AM
0.21
7:44PM
0.14
8:35AM
0.20
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset4:49-------4:50-------4:51-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------48193--12---------
Temp. °C1011141296645564556765210013
Feels °C (?)561110611-2-1-331222-1-2-3-8-9-9-8-6-4
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