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Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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
3.6° C
 (Which is 1.5°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: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)589966777777777878799988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13333020219915415012710712815418416816311275392751224818
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
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		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
0.93
3:45AM
1.20
4:12PM
0.94
4:37AM
1.24
5:05PM
0.98
5:24AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.16
9:26PM
0.14
10:18AM
0.11
10:14PM
0.12
11:05AM
0.05
11:00PM
0.09
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:15-------
Sunset--4:52-------4:53-------4:54-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C3655776567766651-1-1-1-3-4-5-5-5
Feels °C (?)-20-1-2-1-1-1-1021101-1-8-11-11-11-14-14-15-15-15
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