Surf Forecasts:
Manasquan Inlet surf forecast from 3 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 3 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period, ESE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 6 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period, ENE swell with 126 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 3 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Manasquan Inlet this week:
The surf forecast for Manasquan Inlet over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 03) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.4m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.6m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Manasquan Inlet in the next 16 days are 1.4m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 06) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 2AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Thu 3rd Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Thu 3rd Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Sun 6th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Manasquan Inlet over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s happening at Manasquan Inlet.
Honestly, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for us. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak swell and poor conditions to sit through. There are no real standouts, but there are a couple of brief windows where you might scratch out a fun, clean wave if you’re really keen.
The first faint glimmer of hope comes Thursday morning, the 3rd of September. We’ve got some small 3 ft swell rolling in from the ESE with a 9-second period. The combined wave energy is weak at 110, so don’t expect much push. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the WSW at 9 mph, which will keep things clean. It’s ordinary, but it’s the best on offer for the first week.
After that, we hit a dry spell. From Friday the 4th right through to Sunday the 13th of September, the surf is consistently poor. The swell barely cracks 2 ft most days, and the energy readings are pathetically low – often in the teens or twenties. Winds are all over the shop, but mostly onshore or cross-shore, chopping up any chance of a decent wave. On Monday the 7th, there’s a brief pulse of longer-period 11-second swell from the E hitting 2 ft, with energy at 118, but it’s straight onshore wind from the east at 6 mph, making it a total washout.
We finally get a little something on Sunday the 13th of September in the afternoon. The swell is still small at 2 ft from the SE, but the period jumps to 10 seconds, pushing the energy up to 119. The real kicker is the offshore wind from the west at 9 mph, so it’ll be glassy and clean. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. This carries into Monday morning the 14th with clean 1 ft swell and a light offshore.
The very last chance in this outlook is on Friday the 18th of September in the morning. The swell picks up to 4 ft from the ENE, but with a short 5-second period and weak energy at 79. The wind is glassy, though – a light 3 mph from the SW. It’ll be a flat, weak, gutless wave, but it’ll be clean. That’s about all we’ve got.
So, to sum it up: if you’re desperate, Thursday morning the 3rd or Sunday afternoon the 13th are your best bets for a clean little knee-high wave. Everything else is a skip.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | E 7 | E 7 | SSE 6 | ESE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | E 7 | ENE 7 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
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 kJ | 36 | 103 | 61 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 87 | 56 | 44 | 52 | 114 | 50 | 48 | 28 | 15 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross | on | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:59PM1.31m | 12:23PM1.55m | 1:01AM1.26m | 1:25PM1.54m | 2:06AM1.23m | 2:31PM1.53m | 3:15AM1.25m | 3:41PM1.55m | 4:25AM1.31m | 4:49PM1.60m | 5:28AM1.42m | 5:49PM1.66m | |||||||
Low Tide | 5:41AM0.15m | 6:56PM0.26m | 6:45AM0.22m | 8:16PM0.27m | 8:07AM0.24m | 9:28PM0.22m | 9:24AM0.21m | 10:29PM0.13m | 10:29AM0.13m | 11:24PM0.04m | 11:27AM0.05m | 00:14AM-0.04m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
 | 7:25 | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | 7:16 | — |
mm | 2 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 25 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 23 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | E 7 | E 7 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | E 7 | ENE 7 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 27 | 103 | 61 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 52 | 114 | 50 | 48 | 28 | 15 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | ESE 7 | — | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 9 | E 11 | SE 8 | E 5 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 36 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | E 7 | E 6 | ESE 8 | NNE 3 | ESE 8 | — | — | — | S 5 | SE 9 | S 5 | SE 8 | S 5 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 4 | SW 4 | — | NW 2 | N 3 | — | N 3 | ESE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | — | N 3 | — | — | — | S 3 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | 16 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 19 | 87 | 56 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 25 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 24 | 405 | 152 | 516 | 884 | 59 | 383 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 363 |
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