Island Beach State Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.83° N 74.09° W

Issued: 6 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Island Beach State Park sea temperature is

15.4°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Island Beach State Park today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 1AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 89mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 4			Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	ESE 9	SE 7	SE 7	SSE 5	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	SE 8	S 6	SE 6	SE 7	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	8	15	12	13	22	38	39	61	57	62	64	78	89	76	94	173	99	91	89	89	79	99
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	WNW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	3:16PM1.37m				3:56AM1.46m					4:13PM1.37m				4:46AM1.53m				5:03PM1.37m				5:30AM1.58m
Low Tide			9:47PM0.04m					10:12AM0.12m				10:31PM0.02m				11:01AM0.07m				11:14PM0.02m


	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—
	4:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:49	—	—	—	—	4:47
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	6	8	44	22	5	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	13
Feels °C	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	16	17	16	15	15	12	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 6	SE 7	E 11	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	8	8	12	13	13	38	39	61	57	54	53	78	57	76	94	2	99	91	89	89	79	99
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 8	SE 7	ESE 8	—	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	—	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 9
kJ	6	15	7	6	8	7	—	—	—	3	3	3	2	2	2	—	52	35	24	17	17	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	—	S 9	SSE 9	E 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SE 10	SE 11	E 10	E 10	SE 10	—
kJ	1	—	2	8	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	18	2	2	37	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 2	—	S 3	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	SSW 5	S 5	SSE 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	—	2	6	22	29	36	44	55	62	64	76	89	47	59	173	111	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	851	851	891	376	39	360	1010	2306	2256	1340	1249	440	440	1010	66	66	0	26	0	0	0	2
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Rating (10 max)					1										1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6

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