Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 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
1.7° 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 10PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)755556666666767777777467
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54405364707411013285755042352635332315158831240316
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
15
E
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
1.34
8:55AM
1.34
9:20PM
1.37
9:43AM
1.26
10:09PM
1.37
10:37AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
-0.21
3:00AM
-0.13
3:15PM
-0.20
3:43AM
-0.10
3:53PM
-0.16
4:31AM
-0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:41-------6:39--
Sunset5:36-------5:37-------5:37-------
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light snow
Rain (mm)
--1--2431-------------2-
Temp. °C344455665656456776543421
Feels °C (?)-4-1-2-2-1013320-1-20011210-2-2-7-9
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