LBI Long Beach Island surf break

LBI Long Beach Island surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 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
3.1° C
(Which is 2.3°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 1PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSW
1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)555545667777777777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12131513145615421520517915919191131111111134155883923171716
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
1.18
3:13PM
0.93
3:45AM
1.20
4:12PM
0.94
4:37AM
1.24
5:05PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.16
9:26PM
0.14
10:18AM
0.11
10:14PM
0.12
11:05AM
0.05
11:00PM
0.09
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:15-----
Sunset----4:53-------4:54-------4:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C333655765567766630-2-2-2-3-4-5
Feels °C (?)-3-3-3-1-1-3-1-2-2-1023220-6-9-12-13-13-13-13-14
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