Jones Beach State Park Surf Forecast

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

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 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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 21.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Evening (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	8s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ENE	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	4	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	378	331	331	276	237	177	121	121	111	93	68	70	56	50	51	37	33	30	21	17	16	13	19	55
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	SSW	S	SW	W	NW	WNW	NW	WSW	SW	W	NNE	NNE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:48PM 1.53					5:27AM 1.37				5:45PM 1.57				6:19AM 1.46				6:34PM 1.60				7:05AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34AM 0.20					11:27PM 0.09				11:29AM 0.14				12:14AM 0.04				12:20PM 0.10				12:58AM -0.00

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	20	22	23	23	22	22	22	21	24	27	28	26	24	20	18	17
Feels °C (?)	15	16	17	18	19	21	21	19	21	24	24	22	22	21	20	19	22	25	26	25	21	15	12	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Long Island NY

Wind Update Cross-off winds at Jones Beach State Park are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (moderate winds from the NE at New York City/JFK Airport 18 km from Jones Beach State Park). 1.9m 7s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
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