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Island Beach State Park surf break

Island Beach State Park surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 24 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
3.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Island Beach State Park today?

The current surf forecast for Island Beach State Park at 11PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (24 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.3
ENE
1.8
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
1.9
ENE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)12111111111056788881099109999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5349474644428420255110559148704975014043342781841108858332415
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
30
NE
35
NNE
25
N
20
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
1.27
11:48AM
1.13
12:22AM
1.30
12:47PM
1.07
1:21AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
-0.08
5:41AM
0.09
5:50PM
-0.04
6:59AM
0.11
6:58PM
-0.00
8:18AM
0.09
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset5:05-------5:06-------5:07-------
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clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
----------4-------------
Temp. °C-8-8-8-8-6-7-6-20142-1-3-3-3-3-5-6-8-10-11-11-9
Feels °C (?)-15-15-14-13-12-15-15-12-11-10-4-6-8-9-10-12-13-16-16-18-19-20-19-18
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