L Jetty surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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L Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's L Jetty sea temperature is
4.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at L Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for L Jetty at 5PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

Table - waves today at L Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.4
S
1.5
S
0.4
ESE
1.4
S
1.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)885697779998888894556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)626297138261732367340292628181817181932333631322728
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
35
S
40
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
15
WSW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
15
N
5
NE
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
1.52
9:08PM
1.65
9:35AM
1.47
9:53PM
1.65
10:26AM
1.39
10:45PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
-0.16
3:34AM
-0.14
3:39PM
-0.14
4:21AM
-0.10
4:21PM
-0.08
5:12AM
-0.03
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:56-------6:54
Sunset--7:07-------7:07-------7:08-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----2--------------4142341
Temp. °C710910101211108111413977712171816111075
Feels °C (?)220337851691043218131414971-1
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