Jones Beach State Park Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (40.58° N 73.56° W)

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Jones Beach State Park surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 EDT

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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 24.7° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Jones Beach State Park at 1PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	15s
Evening (20 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	!	4	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	763	807	872	866	839	923	1216	1279	1556	1698	1915	2729	5020	7002	7298	5219	3728	3087	1775	1407	1673	1597	628	522
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	S	S	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:40AM 1.33				6:01PM 1.65				6:36AM 1.41				6:53PM 1.68				7:25AM 1.48				7:39PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				11:40AM 0.10				12:36AM 0.01				12:34PM 0.06				1:25AM -0.04				1:26PM 0.04

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	20	22	22	19	18	17	18	21	25	25	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	17	17	19	19	18	15	15	14	12	13	12	14	17	16	14	13	11	12	16	24	22	19	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Jones Beach State Park (light winds from the ENE at New York City/JFK Airport 18 km from Jones Beach State Park). 1.5m 14s groundswell from the SSE with a 1.2m 5s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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18 km away, 2 h 30 min ago

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