LBI Long Beach Island surf break

LBI Long Beach Island surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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LBI Long Beach Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's LBI Long Beach Island sea temperature is
5.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at LBI Long Beach Island today?

The current surf forecast for LBI Long Beach Island at 9PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

Table - waves today at LBI Long Beach Island. (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
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)885667766696666885556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90621021932562621739762383028272322282854545850864638
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
25
NNW
15
NNE
5
ENE
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
NW
20
NNW
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.42
9:11PM
1.55
9:39AM
1.37
9:58PM
1.55
10:30AM
1.29
10:50PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
-0.19
3:47AM
-0.18
3:52PM
-0.17
4:33AM
-0.14
4:34PM
-0.12
5:23AM
-0.06
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset--7:07-------7:08-------7:09-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----21--------------13154
Temp. °C788881011111011129877810141513141275
Feels °C (?)10-1-1048846953232591091381-1
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