Jones Beach Surf Forecast

/ Long Island NY (34 breaks) / New York (44 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (40.59° N 73.73° W)

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Jones Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 EDT

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Jones Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Jones Beach sea temperature is 21.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jones Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Jones Beach at 6AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at Jones Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	72	113	160	611	682	254	280	268	225	241	217	240	214	205	181	176	353	112	93	83	70	67	55	59
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	W	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:18AM 1.26				3:43PM 1.52				4:25AM 1.30				4:48PM 1.53					5:27AM 1.37				5:45PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32PM 0.20				9:30AM 0.24				10:33PM 0.15				10:34AM 0.20					11:27PM 0.09				11:29AM 0.14

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	22	23	23
Feels °C (?)	17	18	17	15	16	15	15	14	15	16	16	14	15	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	20	24	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Jones Beach (light winds from the NNE at New York City/JFK Airport 6 km from Jones Beach). 1.3m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.5m 8s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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11 km/h

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Cross-Off

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