Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 17 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
1.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.4
S
1.4
SSW
1.1
S
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
S
0.9
ENE
0.7
S
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)89999991010101010101010777111181175
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2732862692252352072101771841881531561681741411711971138286901615249
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
S
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
W
10
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
1.41
7:20PM
1.25
7:34AM
1.41
7:57PM
1.30
8:13AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
-0.06
1:27PM
-0.16
1:36AM
-0.11
2:04PM
-0.20
2:18AM
-0.13
2:40PM
-0.21
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:46-------6:45-------6:43----
Sunset------5:34-------5:35-------5:36-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111126777665558997434443
Feels °C (?)-3-4-4-4-324443423156661-2-1-1-1-3
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