Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
5.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (25 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (25 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.8
SE
0.3
ENE
1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1091010101010106671010410566766666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)741101159496737146423842343420195617223722314998564132
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
W
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.28
11:09PM
1.13
11:17AM
1.24
11:59PM
1.19
12:12PM
1.20
12:52AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.01
4:57AM
0.17
5:36PM
0.02
6:03AM
0.19
6:32PM
0.02
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--4:36-------4:37-------4:37-----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------3211-------
Temp. °C5783-1-3-3-3-2-2-1-1134433210-1-2-2
Feels °C (?)-200-7-10-11-10-9-8-8-7-6-6-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-6
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