Island Beach State Park Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.83° N 74.09° W

Island Beach State Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Island Beach State Park sea temperature is
24.1° C
1.8° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 5AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
9
0.5
S
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.3
S
5
0.3
ESE
3
0.6
S
4
1.2
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
9
7
13
13
8
8
8
8
8
5
8
7
7
4
3
10
63
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
N
15
NE
15
E
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
0
NE
25
S
35
SW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:39AM1.49m
9:52PM1.66m
10:34AM1.49m
10:45PM1.57m
11:28AM1.48m
Low Tide
3:38AM-0.17m
3:43PM-0.02m
4:24AM-0.15m
4:33PM0.03m
5:08AM-0.09m
5:22PM0.11m
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:41
5:41
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
3
6
10
2
Temp °C
27
26
26
28
30
33
32
28
27
25
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
23
22
22
21
23
23
Feels °C
28
27
25
28
28
32
32
26
26
23
21
22
22
23
23
23
23
24
22
23
23
24
23
21
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