Jones Beach State Park Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.56° W

Jones Beach State Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Jones Beach State Park sea temperature is
23.1° C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Jones Beach State Park today (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Jones Beach State Park at 6PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Wed afternoon).

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
8
1.2
S
5
1.4
S
5
1.2
S
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.4
SE
7
1.3
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
7
1.2
SSE
7
1.2
SSE
7
1.1
SE
7
1
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
70
113
88
94
121
172
175
149
151
127
138
122
99
91
65
86
78
68
49
45
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:37PM1.60m
8:04AM1.30m
8:14PM1.61m
8:41AM1.34m
8:49PM1.60m
Low Tide
1:20PM0.18m
2:05AM0.05m
2:04PM0.16m
2:44AM0.02m
2:45PM0.14m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:13
8:12
8:10
 mm
1
1
6
4
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Temp °C
24
25
23
24
22
22
22
22
23
23
25
24
22
20
20
21
22
24
25
23
21
Feels °C
23
23
23
22
20
23
23
21
24
25
27
25
21
19
19
20
21
22
24
21
19
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