Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 EST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
2.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)--
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
1.1
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
ENE
0.8
ESE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)91010999611101069888999996777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)911421341251018477130121109133106134140169230192159129133170173212187
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.40
9:01AM
1.27
9:27PM
1.35
9:44AM
1.18
10:08PM
1.29
10:28AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39PM
-0.16
3:00AM
-0.11
3:13PM
-0.09
3:38AM
-0.04
3:46PM
-0.00
4:17AM
0.04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:20-------6:18--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:53-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---8--------------11----
Temp. °C45531101101234681011111415151717
Feels °C (?)011-2-6-6-6-5-5-6-4-101357861012131516
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Island Beach State Park surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest