Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 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
7.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999999999667766669999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17616619616416410410280563931321461611451036666976134333226
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
1.19
4:12PM
1.12
4:30AM
1.24
5:06PM
1.24
5:26AM
1.31
5:55PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
0.18
10:32PM
0.25
11:02AM
0.10
11:24PM
0.14
11:46AM
0.02
12:14AM
0.04
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset----7:30-------7:31-------7:32---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C877799101112121722232320191818222424242121
Feels °C (?)32234345671217192018171716202019201718
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