Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)888888888777777788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6506436927016436034914463583102431781551261271079581766263454532
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
15
E
5
W
10
N
15
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
S
15
SW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
N
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffoffcrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
1.45
4:21AM
1.26
4:47PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.33
5:44PM
1.49
6:15AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.19
10:32AM
0.23
11:23PM
0.13
11:27AM
0.19
12:10AM
0.09
12:17PM
0.14
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset7:04-------7:01-------7:00-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---2111221121121--------
Temp. °C191919191920202020202121212122212221222221212425
Feels °C (?)141414151517171818182223222122212322222120212325
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Island Beach State Park (near gales from the NE at Seaside Park- NJ 8 km from Island Beach State Park). 2.3m 8s swell from the E which is too big for here.

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Actual: 58 min ago

52 km/h
NE
Cross-On
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