Island Beach State Park Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.83° N 74.09° W

Island Beach State Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Island Beach State Park sea temperature is
18.3°C
1.2° 

Island Beach State Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Island Beach State Park today (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 12AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (12 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sun night, light winds from the WNW by Mon night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
ESE
8
2.3
SE
8
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.7
S
7
0.3
ENE
6
0.3
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
730
742
653
699
486
354
273
212
165
149
113
67
51
48
18
19
46
7
9
Wind (km/h)
40
E
10
SSE
10
SW
20
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
15
N
10
W
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:32PM1.44m
8:53AM1.62m
9:12PM1.37m
9:31AM1.56m
9:54PM1.29m
Low Tide
2:37PM0.02m
2:45AM0.06m
3:19PM0.05m
3:22AM0.12m
3:59PM0.11m
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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7:03
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6:22
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6:22
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6:20
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 mm
12
6
2
2
4
3
1
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Temp °C
18
19
19
18
16
16
15
19
22
21
20
19
19
18
20
21
21
19
20
Feels °C
13
20
21
17
11
13
11
17
22
20
19
19
19
18
20
19
18
16
17
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