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Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 20 Mar 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
4.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Island Beach State Park today?

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 12PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)888889677766666886888966
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10590906262432172892051316449382827191825182828385952
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WNW
25
NNW
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.42
9:11PM
1.55
9:39AM
1.37
9:58PM
1.55
10:30AM
1.29
10:50PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
-0.17
3:11PM
-0.19
3:47AM
-0.18
3:52PM
-0.17
4:33AM
-0.14
4:34PM
-0.12
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-7:00-------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset----7:07-------7:07-------7:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------211--------------5
Temp. °C45788889101110111210888891113121313
Feels °C (?)-1010-1-10378468644433587910
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