LBI Long Beach Island surf break

LBI Long Beach Island surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 EST
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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
3.5° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for LBI Long Beach Island at 11AM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)3s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s

Table - waves today at LBI Long Beach Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
ESE
1.1
SE
1.2
S
1.1
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)663455666655456678888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8127194290729450302121165396108199186206167107774429
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
NW
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
1.16
12:24AM
1.21
12:33PM
1.08
1:11AM
1.19
1:22PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31AM
0.11
5:58PM
0.02
6:30AM
0.18
6:49PM
0.09
7:34AM
0.21
7:44PM
0.14
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset----4:50-------4:51-------4:52---
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1----16105---11-----
Temp. °C66781011141312856787788676301
Feels °C (?)21225611111041227546500-3-8-10-9
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