Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
8.5° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal 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 9AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)886666699677777766666647
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141461524359882120109104947759574329271811119611
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
NW
5
ESE
5
SE
10
NNE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.42
7:22PM
1.62
7:48AM
1.44
8:05PM
1.69
8:34AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
-0.05
1:14PM
-0.10
1:54AM
-0.12
1:59PM
-0.13
2:44AM
-0.17
2:46PM
-0.14
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:13----
Sunset------7:35-------7:36-------7:37-
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242222232626242118222020222221211611989999
Feels °C (?)21192022252321181520191921212019127546665
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