Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 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
7.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)66666555589991010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5136313631191919202992144180240306300296370308302314245235231
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
1.19
1:23PM
1.00
1:34AM
1.17
2:17PM
1.01
2:30AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
0.33
7:09AM
0.28
6:57PM
0.38
8:20AM
0.29
8:23PM
0.39
9:23AM
0.26
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:26-------6:24--
Sunset7:27-------7:28-------7:29-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1122223455566691213121212137913
Feels °C (?)-4-3-3-2-2-2-1011133356666710149
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