Ocean City - 8th Street Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (39.28° N 74.57° W)

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Ocean City - 8th Street surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

12 Day Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 11 Oct 2025 EDT

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Ocean City - 8th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ocean City - 8th Street sea temperature is 20.6° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Ocean City - 8th Street this week:

The surf forecast for Ocean City - 8th Street over the next 12 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Oct 15) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.2m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 1.0m and 10s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.

The most powerful waves expected at Ocean City - 8th Street in the next 12 days are 3.5m 12s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Oct 12) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore 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 (Oct 15) at 11PM.

Wave Type	Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height & Period
Next good surf (1 star+)	8AM (Wed 15th Oct)	4ft (1.2m) 10s
Best Surf	8AM (Wed 15th Oct)	4ft (1.2m) 10s
Most Powerful	11PM (Sun 12th Oct)	11ft (3.5m) 12s

Table - best surf conditions forecast for Ocean City - 8th Street over the next 12 days.

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	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat night, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NE on Sun night, moderate winds from the ENE by Mon afternoon).										Days 3-6 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue night, min 7°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.
		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	SE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	669	918	2512	3035	2000	1301	1438	1037	1208	384	216	136	61	83	83	43	28	26	40	31	31
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:42AM 1.09	1:05PM 1.33		1:46AM 1.03		2:08PM 1.26	2:52AM 1.00		3:13PM 1.20	4:01AM 1.01		4:21PM 1.17		5:08AM 1.06	5:26PM 1.17		6:05AM 1.13	6:21PM 1.19		6:52AM 1.21	7:07PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		6:35AM 0.09	7:41PM 0.10		7:42AM 0.18		8:53PM 0.14	8:58AM 0.23		10:02PM 0.13	10:10AM 0.22		11:00PM 0.11	11:12AM 0.18		11:51PM 0.07	12:06PM 0.13		12:36AM 0.04	12:55PM 0.09

		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat 18
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15

Rain (mm)	1	10	3	17	4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	18	19	19	19	15	18	18	16	18	14	10	15	13	11	16	14	10	15
Feels °C (?)	15	10	9	13	17	18	16	10	14	15	11	11	7	3	8	7	4	11	10	6	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Ocean City - 8th Street (moderate winds from the E at Atlantic City Airport 21 km from Ocean City - 8th Street). 2.2m 7s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
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The above surf forecast table for Ocean City - 8th Street provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 12 days. A general guide to surfing at Ocean City - 8th Street can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Ocean City - 8th Street surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Ocean City - 8th Street) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).

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