Jones Beach State Park surf break

Jones Beach State Park surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
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Jones Beach State Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jones Beach State Park sea temperature is
5.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


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

The current surf forecast for Jones Beach State Park at 10AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.8
E
0.8
SSE
1.8
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)888777776634556666664568
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)614241271615151581372042769283715645241931229362
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
W
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
20
SW
15
W
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
10
SW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
1.37
11:42PM
1.33
11:49AM
1.26
12:30AM
1.30
12:38PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
0.02
5:17PM
-0.06
5:37AM
0.12
6:04PM
0.03
6:36AM
0.19
6:56PM
0.10
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset----4:44-------4:45-------4:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------2----1412512
Temp. °C44457655566789121286533676
Feels °C (?)-1-101432111012391041-1-4-6-143
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